Evening journal., 1922-04-22
BOYS and GIRLS
THEIR GUESTS
Delaware City Children Are
Entertained by New
Century Club
MEN OF CHRIST
CHURCH TO MEET
Special to The Evening Journal.

Special TO The Evening Journal.
DELAWARE CITY, April "a
owing to illness Chief Executive
Frank W. .Greenhawk. Of the Boy
Scouts OF America. Of the Whining
ton district, was unable to address
the boys and girls OF Delaware City
at the Town Hall Thursday evening.
when they were tho guests OF the
Delaware City Century Club. This
was the annual reception to the boys
and girls OF the city by the club.
The audience was entertained with
! several musical numbers followed
! by the serving OF refreshments. The
program presented follows: Piano
solo. Miss Margaret Ellis; plano
duet. Miss Frances Webb and John
| Webb; reading. Miss Mildred Netsch (.
piano solo, Miss Dorothy Stanley;
vocal solo. Mrs. Frank Cassidy and
plano duet. Mrs. Cassidy and her
son James. The program was con-
oluded by the singing OF America"
| by those present. About 100 en-
joyed the entertainment
Arrangements have ben completed
by the mems committee OF Christ s
Episcopal Church for the annual
mems meeting next Wednesday
evening. Bishop Cook will be the
principal speaker. The Rev. L. W.
Layaeld. pastor OF the Methodist
Church and the Rev. Robert Pitzer.
80 thn Tf~at n~arhrstarf,- rh.--1,
have been invited TO attend the
meeting and make addressed This
Is the second annual meeting OF It's
kind. Il will be held in the Town
Hall beginning at o'clock.
At a recent meeting OF the vestry
OF Christ's Church, DR.. ". W. Ellis
was elected warden and william b
Jester secretary and treasurer OF the
church and vestry.
At the second annual oratorical
contest held In the Delaware City
Negro school last Thursday evening
Miss Phyllis Mason. city supervisor
Of the white schools OF Delaware
City, Miss Ina Barnes. county super
visor Of Eastern New Castle county
rural schools, and Miss Blanche W
Stubbs. OF Wilmington, were judges
--he winners were: First. Irwin An
derson; second, Adellne Shorter
third. Henrietta Boyer; fourth
George Vincent; fifth. Lottie Bea
chum and sixth. Eugene Watson
The first three will be entered in thl
county contest. Should either o
the three hrst be unable TO attend
the others named will be substi
tuted.
Miss Barnes gave the pupils OF tn
first eight grades OF the whit
schools standardized tests in read
b Ing. spelling and arithmetic. Thurs
day. The first two grades were test
? cd IN reading by using Haggerty'
b reading tests. The other six grade
! were tested by the use OF Monro
/ silent reading system. In arithmetic
! Miss Barnes used Woody Mccall
, mixed fundamentals IN arithmeti
, and In spelling. the Ayers system
i used.
, Similar tests were given In IN
! Negro school yesterday. The test
Of white pupils was the second thi
year and showed a big improvement
over last fairs tests. From now oi
the tests will be given only ono
each year.
The pupils OF Delaware City whit
school wound up Forest Protection
Week yesterday morning by pre-
senting the following program
in the High School assembly room
Singing. The Brave old Oak" b
school; reading. THE President
Proclamation" by Miss Myrle Years
ley; talk. What Is a Tree and Wha
b Inspirations They Give" by Mis-
( BERTHE Jefferson; talk. Kind q
I Trees and Their Value" by Mis-
e Kathryn Rose; talk. care an
a Treatment OF Trees" by Miss Mi
] dred Davidson; talk. Trees in Dels
ware City" by Davis Coale. Pro
] z. ]. Heck, instructor OF manuf
q training and supervisor OF physics
= training. gave short talk on 9TH
- Care OF Forests by the Pennsylvf
% mia Government" and the 1ctlvlt
s taken by gubernatorlal candidai
4 Pinchot. while he was head OF N
Bureau OF Forestry. In Presider
a Roosevelt's administration. The DR.,
e gram was concluded by the scho,
j. singing The World Is Full {
Beauty"
: Miss Jennie r. Bear, State super
visor OF home economies. sper
Thursday afternoon at the Hig
n School, inspecting the work OF this
: department.
= Pupils OF the local school who ha
! perfect attendance records la.
: month were:
Eleventh grade-Davis Coale, MI
, dred Davidson. Berthe jefferson
Ruth Morrison and Myrle Yearsle,
Tenth grade-Josephine Hagai
Margaret Walter and Frances webl
Ninth grade-Nellie Carrov
% Agnes Rash. Mildred Rash, Ann
b. Reynolds. Charles Rose, Charlie
Walter and George Webb.
= Eighth grade-Margaret ELI
Katherine Spicer. william Derrick
e son and Harold wilkinson.
Seventh grade-Evelyn Kincait
= Margaret Underwood, Clarenc
s Render. Wyatt Bentley. Madelin
70 Ellis, earle Eaton, John McManui
Albert Miller. Hazel Davis an
George Nickle.
sixth grade-Edith Rudnick, Mar
Walter and Edna Yearsley.
Fifth grade-Charlotte Arm
strong, Walter Ellis and--Hele
Walter.
Fourth grade Margaret Brigh
Mac Bentley. Annette Creedon. MAJ
garet Losey, Thelma Cole, Clark
Gardener and Fred Ponder.
Third grade-Kathleen McCarth,
Titus Irons, Elizabeth Husfelt, Joh