Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-07-24
news GOSSIP
OF new CASTLE
Firemen's Committee Plans
to Make Drive for Am
bulance Fund
H. M. WARD, FARM
EMPLOYE, DIES
Special to The Evening Journal.


NEW CASTLE. July 24.-Efforts
OF the Good VIII Fire Company
Ambulance Committee. augmented
by all the firemen and many resi-
dents. are being concentrated on the
raising OF funds for the new am
bulance. According TO members of
the committee indications point to
securing the required amount be-
fore the date set for the carnival
opening. Saturday. August 5. While
no order has been placed for the
ambulance, several makes will be-
inspected during the next week, and
in all probability some OF the sales
agents will have sample cars on the
school green during the carnival.
Some residents have suggested
the plan of augmenting the iund
by conducting a popularity voting
contest on the machines as to the
most feasible one for the use de- /
sired.
While the letters which were sent
OUT last week by the committee
have not begun TO bear results, sew
eral voluntary contributions have
been received.
"A Ford truck. bearing Pennsyl-
vania license. carrying a party OF
Young folk. turned turtle on the
river road near st. Joseph's X. G.
Protectory. yesterday morning. The
driver sustained a slight liberation
of the scalp. other members oil the
PARTY escaped injuries.
The only damage TO the truck was
bent tenders. The car was rishte"
By the party and they then pro
ceeded to AuCustine Beach.
Henry NJ Ward, aged Il, VINO (
was found in an unconscious condl-
ron on Thursday. lying under a
yoad SIDE hedge. along the farm,
tSnanted by Preston \. Kemp. kea
1Son. died in the County Hospital
safurday afternoon. Mr.. Ward was
employed as a farm hand by Mr..
Kemp.
ne was a comparative stranger
in This vicinity and unless his body
Is claimed in the next couple oil
davs he will be inferred in the
oublic cemetery at Farnhurst
Mrs. Edward \. Naylor. chairman
af the local Red Cross Committee
nss received instructions from Del
.ware Red Cross headquarters
wilmington. concerning the opening
of the membership campaign IN NO
vember
The weekly meeting Of the New
Castle A. A. VIII take place this ]
evening at the home Of Mr.. and ,
AIRS Chandler H. Gebhart.
Nj. salem, Church League team.
will play the New Castle a. AS at
Battery Park this evening. v
Thomas Toppin. of this city, an Il
emplove of the local plant Of the u
Wilmington Fibre Specially Com Il
pany. will leave tomorrow for Dem o
yer. Colo, where he expects TO J.
make his home. a
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Lieb. OF a
Baldton, entertained an exception b
ally large number of relatives and "
friends at their home on Friday b
evening in honor of their eldest II
daughter. Miss Norma Lieb. The b
affair was held on the lawn of the !,
Lieb residence. e
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Campbell b
and children. of Claymont. we're the
week end guests of relatives and
friends. here.
Miss Lillian Gravatt, of Whining
ron. was a week end visitor with Miss
Elizabeth Bennett of West Sixth
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Bratton. OF =
Milford. were Sunday guests OF Mr.. c
and Mrs. John Cannon, Fourth and
Chestnut streets.
Miss Blanche. Sibley. student at
he summer school at the University !.
Of Delaware. spent the weekend at
her home on East Fourth street.
The Misses A. Mary Burris and
Blanche Truitt. who have been the =
ruests of Miss Burris' uncle and =
aunt. Mr.. and Mrs. William e. Mey-
RS. Floral Park. Long Island. for h
he past two weeks, returned nome n
Miss Mae Cats. OF Delaware City,
was the week end guest of her cou-
sin. Miss Frances Rees, of the Strand y
Mrs. Mary Harris. OF Wilmington !,
and her daughter, Mrs. Henry e. Nc 81
CURE, of the Strand. this city, are :,
the guests Of Mrs. Harris sister at 81
Wilmington. They will visit Balti- 81
more before returning home. -
MI. and Mrs. George Holiday. OF NJ
Chester. Pa, were guests of Mr. and st,
Mrs Harry Ahern. OF East Third
street.
Buford T. Luni. Of Philadelphia. -
and Miss Jessie Wilson, a nurse at
Cooper Hospital, Camden. n. j.. were -,
Sunday guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry ~, ~
e. Holiday. Of Delaware street. ~
Miss Evaline Mcbride, OF Whining
ton, who has been spending the -
week with Miss Alice Keegan. Of -,
Delaware street. returned home yes %.
terday. -,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Mcguire and
daughter. Kathryn and Elizabeth. ~,
Mr.. and Mrs. Borrell Mcguire and NJ
son. Borrell. Jr, of Chester Pa. ~
spent yesterday with Mr.. and Mrs
Uriah Mcguire OF the Strand. d,
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Woodcock. OF d;
Germantown. Mrs. +. p. Wire and Il
Miss Gertrude Unrich. of West Phil II
tdelphia, were the Sunday guests OF a.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter G. Madden and "
hr. and Mrs. Robert F. Engler, OF
he Strand. st
Mr.. and Mrs Harry Bungard. Mr.. 81
nd Mrs. Ralph Bungard and George y
3ungard. OF Chesapeake City, and
dr. and Mrs. Paul S. Warren and CT
Elizabeth, OF Hamilton H
ark, were the Sunday guests OF 81