Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-19
NEWS OF THE DAY
At NEW CASTLE
Keen Competition In the County
Home Economics Contest
Among Schools.

Special Correspondence Every Evening |
New Castle. May l9.-Thc County
Home Economics contest took place
Yesterday afternoon. The cooking
competition took place In the Home
Economics laboratory and that for
tho clothing In the pariors OF tho New
Castle Century Club. Tho students
entering tho contest were from New
ark Middlctown and New Castle.
Newark took first place in the second |
year contest and Middlctown for the
first-ycar. The clothing exhibits viii
not be judged until the State contest
at Dover on May IS. The sccond-year
girls OF Newark prepared tho follow
ing menu in the cooking contest;
Cream OF pea soup. croutons. po-
tatoes on half shell. etscallored salmon.
baking powder biscuits. butter. let
tuce salad and strawberry shortcake.
Tho girls taking part were Marie
Gregg, Lcdia Towson, Florence Riley.
Helen Barnard and Marguerite
Mcschler. The following menu was
prepared by the frstyear girls of
Mhdlctown: Cream Of pea soup.
toast. escalloped salmon. tomato salad,
fee, strawberry short cake. The girls
taking part were Beatrice Conner
Georgia Virgins. Virginia Hopkins
and Grace Daniels. The girls of the
local High School prepared the fol-
lowing menu: Cream Of pea soup.
croutons, salmon croquettes, tomato
salad, biscuits. butter. soft cus,ard
with Strawberries. The girls taking
part were Gertrude Ratletge, Addie
Duling, Elizabeth Jones. Olga Clan
den and Dorothy Ramsey. In the
contest OF home nursing given by
Niles Jones. tho Red Cross nurse. TO
s,cond-ycar girls in Home Economics.
the class I'm tho New Castle High
School made an average Of vi per
cent. This was the highest average
among the eleven high schools In
Delaware IN which Miss Jones gave
instructions. Tho annual exhibit of
Homo Economics classes Of New
Castle High School will be held in the
laboratory during the first week in
june.
The New Castle Athletic Association
baseball team met iast evening at the
home OF the President. Chandler II.
Cebhart II was decided 90 build dug
outs at Battery Park for tho visiting
end home hail players. The local team
tomorrow afternoon will play the New
ark team OF the New Castle County
League at Newark. Arrangements
will he made 20 convey the players
20 the ball park in automobiles. The
twilight games for next week at Bat
terry Park are. Monday. New Castle
A. A. Va. Seventh Ward OF Whining
ton: Thursday. New Castle \. n. VS..
T.. r. r. Of Wilmington.
Several members OF the Good Will
Fire Co. have been engaged in
pumping the water from the swim
ming pond at Deemer Park. in order
that repairs can bc made TO the bot
tom OF the concrete pond. The Silsby
steamer was placed IN service in per-
forming the work.
Yesterday afternoon two valuable
horses belonging 10 Hudson Walker,
a farmer who resides on the Devon
dale farm. near Hare's Corner, were
hit by an automobile and were 30 bad
ly injured that both had to be killed
Mr.. Walker was driving the animals
from tho field TO hie home. The animals
were very valuable and the owner
recently refused $3.50 for one. as II
had won several blue ribbons at the
fair.
Charles Galloway has rented the
store property recently occupied by
William Owens. on Delaware street
near Second and viii open up a gro
Gerry business.
This evening the members of Adel-
ph!a Lodge, No. s, X. OF P.,swill meet
in weekly session in the Masonic Hall
Mrs. Theodore w. Lavender. Wifi
OF former Mayor Lavender, WAS taker
10 the Homeopathic Hospital. VII
ming;on. yesterday, for treatment.
Henry Speicher. son of Mr.. an'
Mrs. Jacob II. Speicher OF West Fiji
street. will undergo treatment at ;
Philadelphia hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Fritz OF Bald
ton have been entertaining Miss Mar
Haret Jones Of New Castle. Mis-
Jones Is chief nurse OF Kenilwortl
Hospital. Ashville. North Carolina
where she has gone TO report 70
duty.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. G. Wilmer and son
Of Wilmington are spending the week
end with Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Frit
OF Baldton, parents of Mrs. Wilmer
The Young Mems Bible class O
Methodist Church will hold a bake a
Challenger's pharmacy Saturda,
morning.
Delicious assorted chocolates, 1
cents 70: Whitman's sampler, $3.50 II
and $500; Mavis chocolates, $3.50 II
l.. Challenger & Son, Prescriptio
Phar1nacists.-Adv
Spring specials. fiyosan and sprayel
Sl.oo; Straw hat cleaner. 10 cents
tar canphor balls and flakes, gum
oamphor. +. Challenger & Son. Pre-
scr,ption Pharmacists-Adv.