Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-09-27
NEWS GOSSIP
OF new CASTLE
Maize D. Girls Elect Off
GERS and Plan TO Give
Play
MRS. c. l.. WALLS DIES,
ILL LONG TIME
Special to The Evening Journal.

Special to The Evening Journal.
NEW CASTLE. Sept. 27.-At the
annual meeting of the Mazie d Girls
composed OF young women mem
bers OF the Methodist Sunday school
at the home OF their teacher. Mrs
Mary Denny. on tho Strand. the fol
lowing Officers were elected last
evening: President. Miss Phyllis
Marsh; vice-president. Mrs. Mary
Denny; secretary. Miss Mary Nc
Knit. and treasurer. Miss Anne Da-
wilson.
Plans are being made by the class
for the presentation of a play in
the Opera House. the first OF the
new year. The next meeting of the
class will be featured as a masquer-
ade party, with musical and literary
numbers as a part Of the evenings
program. These girls. assisted by
the Young Mems Bible Glass of the
church, presented a play last year.
which was declared by all who saw
1t. a decided success.
Tho members OF the class are the
Misses Laura Armpriester. Bertha
Barnes. Anne Davidson. Helen Da-
wilson, Mae Mcdowell. Mildred Hol-
liday. Mildred Berry. Ruth thinner
man, Phyllis Marsh. Mary McKnitt.
Mrs. Eva Ryan. Mrs. Helen New
love and Mrs. Edna Kennedy.
A special meeting OF the New
Castle Athletic Association will be
81 80 ffEa~Ifn-
Gebhart. Sixth and Delaware streets,
at o'clock next Friday evening.
The first anthracite coal received
in this city for many weeks arriv-
ed yesterday afternoon, when two
cars were unloaded at the yards of
]. Il. & L. =. Eliason and one at
the yards OF william Dealkyne. Be-
fore two o'clock this afternoon both
loads had been distributed TO pur-
chasers who had standing orders
with the firms for more than four
months. It was OF the nut and
small stove sizes.
The Methodist Sunday school
class. taught by Mrs. Robert II.
Harrington, will hold a bake sale
at Tobin's meat market. on Della
ware street, north OF Fourth street,
beginning at 10 o'clock next Satur-
day morning.
Mrs. Catherine. widow OF Law
renee Walls. OF West Eighth street,
died at her home yesterday morning.
following aallngering Illness. at the
age OF SO years. Mrs. Walls IS sur
vived by three children, former
I'LL
Mary Reynolds and Lawrence Walls.
all residents of this city. The fu-
neral services will be held at her
late residence at $3.50 o'clock next
Saturday morning. with requiem
mass in St. Peters r. c. Church.
The interment Will be in the ad-
Joining cemetery.
Fire OF undetermined origin caus-
ed about 800 damages at the home
of Daniel Stout. at Tenth and Young
streets. yesterday afternoon. The
fire originated under the caves OF
the house, and but for the timely
arrival OF engines Nos. and Of
the Good VIII Fire Company. sew
eral structures built of frame,
would have been destroyed. Fire
man Charles McElroy was severely
cut on the right hand while fighting
the blaze.
The depositing of the material re-
moved in excavating Fourth street
by Contractor Burke. who is con-
structing the new concrete work, on
vacant lots and not on East Sixth
street, approach TO the new con-
crete bridge. is causing considerable
comment on the part
OF the residents OF the city. It was
expected tho material would go a
great way toward filling this unde-
street, and lessen the cost
OF constructing # when Council de-
cldes to do Il.
The Rev. S. Beattle Wyle. pastor.
has announced the holding OF the
final congregational meeting, before
the next meeting Of the Presbytery
Of New Castle. at o'clock tomor-
row evening in the lecture room of
the First Presbyterian Church.
Chief of Police Matthew Tobin,
who has been confined to his home
for the past week suffering with
several boils and carbuncles, was
removed TO the Homeopathic Hos
pital. Wilmington by Mayor Cramer
yesterday afternoon.
The boils. became infected and his