Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1922-11-01
. OVER ELKTON WAY
Bits of News Gathered From
Our Neighboring Town
During the Week

Inc work of improving Main street
just south of the Court House is al
most finished. The street has been
widened and the pavements on each
side are being raised to level with
the roadway. This accomplishment is
greeted with great glee bv the resi-
dents. The street has always been an
eyesore at this. point and further
more has been the cause of manv
minor accidents caused by cars run
ming off the abrupt shoulders on each
side of the street.
Quite number of Elktonians at
tended the fiftieth anniversary Of the
founding of the Tome Memorial
Church in Port Deposit last Monday,
The celebration took on a Statewide
aspect and many distinguished visi-
tors were present during the several
exercises during Monday and Tues
day. The church is the gift of Jacob
Tome, founder of the Tome School
and one of the pioneers in Maryland
educational circles. The opening SER
mon was delivered by Rev. Harvey
Ewing, of Wilmington. District Su-
perintendent Vaughn Collins, of Sails
bury, Nd, preached the evening SER
mon. On Tuesday Rev. A. S. Now
bray, of Washington, D. c., was the
principal speaker.
An unusual piece of real estate
finance and dealing took place in Elk
ton the latter part of last week which
proved that the gentle art of swap
ping has not entirely given way to
more modern business methods. Mrs.
Richard OFT of this town traded two
local properties, one of them being
her home estate, to W. P. Cooney,
owner of the Maryland Hotel prop
erty at Rising Sun. The transfer will
not disturb the management of that
famous old hosiery and the Dunbar
boys will conduct it as usual. 1t is
very seldom that such unique deal
is closed involving such valuable real
estate. All of which goes to show that
Elkton doesn't give hang for con-
ventions anyhow.
The approach of the cunning sea-
son has caused more activity in the
office of County Clerk H. w. Lewis.
Enthusiastic hunters, good bad and
Indifferent, have applied for the nee
essary. license to give them a crack at
Brer Rabbit and his associates. Up
until Monday night Mr.. Lewis has
issued over 1900 licenses for the COM
ing season. Believe it or not, his Of
flee is not the easiest in the roster
of the county. If it isn't hunting per-
mits it's marriage licenses, this added
to his other duties. And the worst
part of it is that prospective brides
and grooms have an annoying habit
of calling upon his services at all
hours in the day and night. To say he
is busy man these days would be
putting it mildly.
Elkton's crack football team trounc-
ed the soldiers from Aberdeen Satur-
day on the local grounds, $50. Touch
downs came in rapid succession and
the busiest man on the sidelines was
the score-keeper. There was little
opposition offered by the visitors, and
the Elkton backs ran through the
line and around the ends with great
abandon. From an Elkton viewpoint,
it was an impressive victory, but such
easy wins often do more harm than
good to the morale of the team The
people of the town are eagerly await
ing word from Newark, relative to
big inter-borough game in the near
future. So far, the Delawareans have
not put a team on the field.
Mr.. William j. Fenton has entered
into the Baltimore American subscrip-
ton contest.