Evening journal., 1922-07-25
Want 5 HOUR
DAY, M0REPAY
Painters Employed ByClark
and Son, Delaware City,
on Strike
DOING WORK AT
FORT DUPONT
Special to We Evening Journal.


DELAwA CITY. July 25.-
Several painters. employed by Harry
c. Clark and Son. contractors on
Government properties at Fort Du-
Pont. struc'-J yesterday afternoon,
for an 81 ar day Instead of a o
hour day. With an Increase Of 10
cents ar hour. They were getting
40 cents In hour and demanded SO
cents. \ 4 Clark. being out OF town,
the strike had not been settled up
to last night Clark and Son have
the CONTRACTS >Qanting the resi-
dences on Forts MT. Delaware.
Mott. n. j.. and sah- u. Nd.
Plans are being made by officials
OF the First Engineers. now sta
! toned al Fort Dupont. to cooperate
! with Town Council for the construc-
: ton OF concrete road surface on
/ Fifth street. from Clinton street
and the Chesapeake Canal.
/ This street is one of the main
thoroughfares leading from the
traffic to the Fort goes. The street
Fort in to this place over which all
since the arrival Of the engineers,
has deterlorated considerably be-
cause of the numerous trucks using
It,
Preparation is being made for the
opening OF the canning season, by
George r. Snedeker, proprietor OF
the st. Georges and the Armstrong
Corner canneries About $50 resi-
dents OF this place are employed in
these factories. Tomatoes, fori which
he has contracted for several hun
dred acres, will be canned first,
followed by the canning OF sweet
corn. He has about $50 acres of this
product contracted for.
William II. Moore. local grocer,
will move into his new $4,000 home
on Clinton street. about August or
4. Councilman Thomas ]. Armstrong
is in charge OF the construction.
The new $1,000 new semi+bunga-
low. cottage type being constructed |
by Harry c. Clark and Son, for c.
Earle Baum, will be completed by
the middle of August, at which time
Mr.. Baum and family will occupy |
same.
Councilman r. l.. Cofer has COM
pleted wiring the remodeled home
OF Councilman Thomas j. Arm
strong. at Second and Washington
streets A. /
Word was received yesterday II
william Givison. Sr.. Of the seriou.
illness OF his daughter Mrs Anna /
Sandy OF Philadelphia. Her condi-
ton became so serious that 1t was
to remove her to the hos
initial. Mr. Givison visited her yester-
day.
The ST. Georges NJ. f. Sunday
School will picnic at Augustine
Beach. next Thursday.
Miss Alice Vail. nurse in charge
Of the local Child's Health Center,
: on a two weeks vacation. Miss |
Blanche Lockwood will supply to-
morrow in the absence of Miss vail
rhe hour between 1 o'clock and 2
o'clock will be reserved for care
" negro children and advising their
in their care.
Mrs. c. A. BONNIE and daughter.
Ann. arrived from John Hopkins
Hospital. Baltimore and will spend
he remainder of summer with her
Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. White |
man. Little Ann was under treat
meDt in the hospital for the past
ak weeks. Prof. Bonnie. who accom-
panied them to this place, continued
his tourney TO wyoming where he
Is on a business trip. Mr.. BONNIE Is a
professor in state College, Pa.
Mrs. Nellie Price and son, Cleaver, y
of Wilmington. were Sunday guests
Of Councilman and Mrs. r. L.
Cofer. Cleaver Price is an assist
ant civil engineer to II. NJ. Price,
on all survey work on Chesapeake
and Delaware canal.
II. NJ. Price and wife, of Chesa-
peake. Nd. were guests OF Cou"cil-
man and Mrs. r. l.. Cofer, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. John f. Shunder.
OF Clinton street entertained Mr..
and Mrs Horace p. Johnson and
son. Robbie. OF Wilmington. MIS-
Alice smedley. of Chester, and Emile
YarnaE. Of Media. Sunday.
Miss Orpha Dunlap, who has
been spending the past week with
relatives in Wilmington. has re-
turned.
II. Laveren and Mrs s. Glad
felter motored to this place from
yesterday. Mrs Glad
felters daughter, Elizabeth has
been spending 10 days with the
Girls Community Club at their an
nual camp at the wide waters OF
he Chesapeake and Delaware
,aDal. near st. Georges.
Mrs. William Household. Mrs. Ro-
pert A. Peacock and son. Bobbie.
md Mrs. Laura Adkins. accompa-
lied Mrs. Giadfclter and family on ,
heir return Sunday. Mrs. House
holder and Mrs. Peacock and son
will be the guests OF Mrs Adkins
or the next week.
Miss Mary Liezear. of Clinton
treet. spent the past weekend at
Ilkton with friends.
Mrs. Joseph Nelson is spending a
CIV days with relatives in Phlladel-'
hia.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Truitt and
hildren, Bet, and Forbes, of Phila-
elphia. are the guests OF Mrs.
ruitts mother. Mrs. Ella Cairns. on
linton street.
Misses Sue and Marjorie Hutchin-
on OF Wilmington are the guests OF
heir cousin former Councilman
rank X. Irons and family.
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