Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-07-03
NEWS GOSSIP
OF new CASTLE
Harry E. Holiday Is Re-
elected President of Board
of Education
FORT DUPONT BAND
WILL PLAY TOMORROW

Special to The Evening Journal
new CASTLE, July 5.-Two
baseball games with the strong First
Regiment Engineers team of Fort
DUPONT. which will be accompanied
to town by thirty-piece brass
band, will be played by the New
Castle A. A. tomorrow. The band
VIII be the guest of the New Castle
Athletic Association and will be en-
tertained at dinner. 1t is expected
the band will give concert on the
school green previous to the after
noon game. The games tomorrow
VIII begin at 10 o'clock and at $50
o'clock, with Wllleys and Scdnlon
in the points for New Castle and
Trips and Smith in the box for the
soldiers.
battle royal is expected between
Willeys and Trips. who fought out
nine inning contest yesterday at
the fort with Wilieys allowing the
soldiers but two scratch hits The
soldiers claim they hod an off -day
with the stick and aield and declare
they will cop one IL not both games
tomorrow
No definite plans have been made
for the evenings celebration but It
is understood efforts viii be m tide TO
have the band remain and give an
evening concert at Battery Park. i'll
possible. Captain Silkmnn, nf the /
Fort Athletic Commission is in
charge OF all sports connected with |
the fort and promises To bring his |
hast
Peter Norkya. OF Philadelphia, /
one of the eXcursionists coming on
the President yesterday. was ar
rested by the boat crew and turned /
over to the local polico. charged /
with bootleggiDg. The evidence was I
two half pint bottles of alleged /
spiritucus liquor, found in his peck |
cts and small suit case containing 4
five half pint bottles filled with /
alleged liquor. Peter disclaimed the
ownership of the suit case and its
contents. The suit case was fouDc
near where he had been sitting. but
the ownership could not be estab-
lished
Mayor Cramer called the Federal
authorities. to whom he turned over
ne man anu what tNlutntt ndu
been secured. AS there was insult
fcient evidence to hold the man,
the Federal authorities allowed him
10 go. He was escorted out of town
by the authorities and told to re-
main away from this city. Peter
looked TO he about IS years OF age
md was badly frightened when ar :
President Baker. OF the Baker I
Amusement Company. which is OPP
rating the Sunday excursions. said
that he will insist on {
hose using the boat conducting J
themselves properly. 7
Only about ESQ excursionists came /
own yesterday. hut President Bak- 4
r said he had an excursion Of about {
900 booked for tomorrow
The Board OF Education organ
zed last Saturday afternoon; by !
lecting the following officers: Pres {
dent, Harry f. Holiday; vice-pres- &
dent. Jacob Speicher. Professor $
ienry r. Snavely, by virtue Of his G
fice as city superintendent of
chools is secretary of the board. ,
.fter the organization was effected &
he question Of selecting a sight for Z
he location Of the proposed Negro
chool building or buildings. was q
discussed at length. Dr. Lewis a
,ooker. who was elected on June l
Z, as member OF the board, was ,
esgnated as a committee of one TO
Interview property owner OF land Z
esred for the site on which a four !
oomed building would he erected II \
ecured. DR.. Booker is to see II the
and can be secured II II is refused
robably condemnation proceedings .
iii he instituted to condemn the ,
and Five acres is desired. and 4 ,
btained the boarl has been in
Drmed the Delaware School AuXIl- \
,ry will purchase il and erect
building. without any .
ost to the local taxpayers.
In reply TO recent request by the
GARD made OF Francis dell, Janvier. y
ity solicitor. concerning the author
v OF the board in expending funds
TO nearly $4,000, on hand
efore the present school law went
ITO effect on July /, 1919, a COM o
lunication from Mr. Janvier in
,rmed the board they had the right
, expend same in erecting two port
bile school buildings. II they were q
necessary for adequately II
lnducting the public school system. n
The board decided to take no def
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