Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-18
JACOB JERJENSON IS
|NJUREDA! NEW CASTLE
Sailor on U. S. Dredge Della
ware Has Skull Fractured
in Fall.

| Special Correspondence Every Evening.
New Caste, Oct 1S.--The Good VIII
FIre Co.'s Ambulance yesterday af-
ternoon about o'clock, made Its
first trip TO the hospital. Jacob Jer-
jenson, who is employed as a deck
hand on the l.. s. Dredge Delaware.
while working on n launch. fell to the
deck OF tho boat and fractured his
skull. lie was brought ashore to the
office OF DIR. Lewis Booker. who order
ed him taken to the Delaware Hos
pital, Wilmington, for treatment. Jer-
| jenson Is a Norwegian and has no
relatives In this country. The ambu-
lance on It's first run was operated
by the engineer of tho company, John
| Il. Leonard.
| The members OF tho Methodist Epis-
copal Sunday School claes OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church. taught
! by Miles, Myrtle Mcguire. last eve
! ming held a masquerade party at the
home of Mics Irma Mcl<nltt on East
| Third street. Those present were
Myrtle Mcguire. Emma Rees. Lillian
| Proud, Mary Davis, Dorothy Ramsey,
lrma Mcknitt, Harriet Marsh, Mil
drcd Blake. NJ. Wooleyhan, Eliza beth
Cannon. Martha Shaw, Mary Mcknitt,
Mrs. George MCknltt, Mrs. Harry !
Marsh, Rudolph Kokler. John Rob
erts. John and Charles Megginson
Monroe Rramblc. Harry Carr. Charles
King and Morton Bennett.
\ Michael Cutrona last evening was ar
rested and fined SO and costs for
speeding.
N inYa % II l.,-, =.
urday morning will leave the Van
Dyke Armory, at II o'clock, for the
state Rifle range. receiving inetruc-
tions. All members who desire to go
ere requested TO meet at the Armory
at 10 o'ckICk.
The members OF Battery II laet
evening Mt a meeting formed an as
sociatlon TO be known aa the Bat.
terry IL Athletic Association and elect.
ed the following officers: president
captain s. II. |. Duncan: vice-prcei
dent and treasurer. Lieutenant WI.
nam >, Wcggenmanu; manager ot
oafketbaH, Sergeant Leslie Walls
captain OF basketball Sergeant Davl,
Is. harrington. The object cf the as
soc.ation is TO promote basketball ant
other activities. Lieutenant Woggen
mann yesterday made Arrangement,
for the purchase Of tho necessary
equipment. Arrangements were mad.
70 hold the second military ball or
wednesday evening November %. II
the Van Dyke Armory A turkey vii
be awarded on Thanksgiving evening
Tho work Of rebuilding tho street,
or the city outlined by the Street I'm,
nroVemCnt Commission has been hcl,
up for several days on account Of IN,
inahility of Contractor Iosenh Il
Burke 10 obtain foundation STONE
y Work was started today, however I
Is expected that tho contract will IN
P finished by tho middle of November.
This evening members of tho Youp,
$ Mems Bible Glass Of the Methods
r Episcopal Church will hold n mcetin,
c at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Georg
e 7. Tobin, Jr., on Delaware street. a
n S o'clock.
Q The members of the Young Men
;. Sporting Club will give n dance i'm tn
. Opera House on Friday evening. be
9 ginning at s O'Clock.
:. a special choir rehearsal Of mem
hers OF lmmanuel Church will he hel
=, tomorrow evening at = o'clock in IN
parish house to make arrangement
for the special music for the cclehra
= ton of the centennial anniversary q
Z the conservation of the church on sun
% day, October %.
e Mr.. and Mrs. Francis p. McCaln
= and Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Cloud ar
touring New Jersey. New York an
e Massachusetts by automobile.
r Norman Riley yesterday while on,
o ployed at the plant OF the America
Manganese Steel Co. had his lei
n thumb crushed.