Evening journal., 1922-08-03
NEWS GOSSIP
OF new CASTLE.
Republican Women Start
Drive to Register Large
Vote Saturday
BODY OF DROWNED
MAN UNIDENTIFIED
Special to The Evening journal.

Special TO The Evening Journal.
. NEW CASTLE, Aug. 3.-An ac-
tive canvass OF the six districts OF
New Castle Hundred was begun by
the Republican Women's Committee
yesterday to get the vote registered
! early. A meeting OF the Hundred
Republican Committee was held at
the home Of Mrs. Edward II. Nay
Tor, Hundred chairman. on Tues
day evening. when about 60 women
assembled and were assigned the
work to be done.
Mrs. John F. 2. Clayton. county
chairman of the womens commit
tee. attended the meeting OF the
State Committee at Dover, yester-
day.
The second registration day will
be Saturday when the registrars for
the six districts will sit at the fol-
! lowing places: For First district,
| Irwin Kirk registrar at Buttonwood
! school house. from s TO 5 o'clock,
standard time; Second district,
James b. Hance, registrar. from to
! ~ o'clock. at New Castle County
! Hospital. Farnhurst. and from ! to
o'clock. at registrars home on
East Fifth street: Third district
William ]. Etchells, registrar, from
a. m. to p. m. at registrars resi-
/ dence, Ninth and Washington
streets; Fourth district. Arthur NJ.
Wise, registrar. from a. m. to p.
m, at registrars residence on West
Fifth street: Fifth district, John Nc
nArra1T % r
p. m. at Appleby's store. Bear;
Sixth district, Paul Tibet, regis
trar, at Hamilton Park.
At the monthly meeting Of tho
Good VIII Fire Company held in
the fire house parlors last evening. !
Treasurer c. J. Dougherty reported |
a balance Of S191.17 on hand.
The Carnival Committee reported |
things in readiness for the carnival |
TO be held on the School Green. be-
ginning tomorrow evening.
The school green has taken on /
the appearance of an amusement
garden. with much equipment for
the pleasure OF the children and
grown folk The carroussel secured
by the committee to operate during
the carnival has arrived.
The body OF the drowned man
found in the western channel oppo-
site the Delaware street wharf yes
terday about noon by Forward Me-
Ilhenney and George Pustill, has not
been identified Chandler II. Geb-
hart. undertaken, has the body. The
inquest will be held by Coroner Bull
lock at the undertaking establish
ment of Mr.. Gebhart at o'clock
this evening.
Many residents OF the city have
viewed the body and nearly all are
positive the man has been a recent
visitor here. Several young folk
and others. who were on the wharf
last Sunday evening declare he re-
sembles a man seen sitting on one
Of the tugs tied up there at that
time.
The man had 1T Mckee" tattoed
On his left arm and carried a watch
With the monogram "T.McK." in !
icribed on 1t.
A New York City artist by the q
lame OF Dudley Howett and his wife I
iave taken up their residence in d
he Lenoir property, on Delaware b
treet, east of Second street. Mr.. I
Iowett is a scenic artist and is 4
painting various sections OF the l.
ity and vicinity. These paintings c
re for Q New York studio and sales s.
Dom. Mr.. Dudley will give an ex- a
libition OF his work during the next Il
week. Il
Miss Elizabeth Cannon, daughter
If Water Commissioner and Mrs Il
Wallace Cannon, of East Second L
street. who has been under instruc-
iols by the Underwood Typewriter
Company New York. will leave New
DIRK for Chicago next Monday. Miss
Cannon heads a class OF fifty typists,
who have been under Instruction for
speed and accuracy for the past six
months. -
Miss Cannon and several OF the =,
class will enter the speed and ac- \
'uracy contest between representa- I.
ives of several of the leading type !,
writer concerns, as representatives
1f the Underwood Company. The b,
contest will take place in Chicago
lext week.
tennis match (double) was
played on the Young Mems Associa- >
ion OF the First Presbyterian !,
,hurch, in the rear OF the church,
yesterday afternoon. Edward V.
slatt and Mark Clymer defeated d
Toward L. Wilhelm and James VIII
on. by the score of 10 to 10. :
The weekly meeting of Friend
hip Lodge, A. o. u. w. will be held
I S o'clock this evening in the old
own Hall.
The Lebanon NJ. E. Sunday
,hool is arranging for its annual
Icnic to be given at Augustine
each.
Miss Grace B. Cable, of the
rand is spending the week with
n grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. r
7. Gable. PENIS Grove. n. ].
The Rev. and Mrs. +. w. Over =
ser. Of the First Baptist Church. q
Il yesterday for two weeks vaca- Il
IN with friends in New Jersey. II
Miss Reta Pritchett, of Cambridge. g
d., who has been the guest of her X
usin. Miss Elizabeth Long, OF East 81
cond street, has returned home. X
AIRY Long accompanied her home. IN
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