Middletown transcript., 1922-06-03
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Many Condensed News Items Of
the Past Week
IN THIS AND NEARBY POINTS

IN THIS AND NEARBY POINTS
Port Penn public school closed for the
summer vacation, May 81.
Frederick Sutton, of St. Georges, is
erecting an apartment over his drug
store.
Miss Eugenia Beasten has moved her
fire insurance office to the property she
recently bought on the corner of Broad
and Cass streets.
The Pleasant-Summit w. C. T. u.
will hold their next meeting at the
home of Mrs. Regina Hopkins, near
New Castle, June 9Th.
About $28 was realized from the
social and dance given by the Odessa
base ball team in the Town Hall, in that
town, on Thursday evening.
One of the heaviest rain storms of
the season visited this section Thursday
ard Friday and was welcome visitor
to both the farmer and trucker.
Dean Charles A. McCue. of the Agri-
cultural Department of University of
Delaware announces that Farmers Day
will be observed at the University farm
this year on August 3.
The first dance of the season was
given at Augustine Beach, Tuesday
evening. and was largely attended.
The second dance will be given next
Thursday evening, June 8th.
Hickory Grove public school will close
for the summer vacation on June Is.
Miss Myrtle Collins, principal. will give
her pupils their annual picnic on the
lawn of Vaughn CHM, of Hickory
Grove.
Instead of the joint exercises, as previ-
ously announced, it has been decided to
hold seperate commencement programs
at Delaware College and the Women )
College. University of Delaware, on
June r.
Mr.. j. c. Hopkins who has been con-
Quoting meat store on the corner of
Broad and Lake streets, for several
years has moved his business to the
room on East Main street, adjoining M.
Lessin's store.
Within a few days, work will be
commenced on the next stretch of road
that will connect the boulevard at
Smyrna and point south of Blackbird.
A steam shovel has been put to scooping
out the gravel which has been plowed
up.
John Heldmyer, Jr., Real Estate
Broker, has sold for Mr.. James II.
George, his farm containing 1876 acres,
located near NcDonough, to Mr. Ed
ward c. Phillips, of Dover Considera-
tion private. Mr.. Phillips will remove
to his new purchase Jan. 1st, 1923.
George Clark, prominent merchant
of Delaware City, is being doomed by
his friends for the Republican nomina-
ton for representative from the
Twelfth Representative district. Mr..
Clark has been active in community
affairs and is director of the Delaware
City National Bank.
The 18th annual County Fair, given
by the ladies of the Twentieth Century
Club, of Smyrna is an assured thing for
this year. The directors of the fair are
Mrs. S. j. Reynolds. Mrs. J. w. Clifton
and MIR. Walter G. Tatnall. The fair
will be held on Saturday the first, Mon
day the third, and Tuesday the Fourth
of July.
j. A, Bader. the Wilmington con-
tractor, who is to build the Middletown
Opera House, has completed the foun-
dation and will begin active work on
the new building which is to be con-
structed of brick and tile within few
days. The new playhouse is to be COM
pleted not later than Sept. 1st, and is
to be modern in every respect.
James Gainse, 10 years old, of the
First Engineer Corps, who arrived at
Fort dupont Saturday from Camp Dix
with the troops transferred to Fort du-
Pont, lost his life in the Chesapeake &
Delaware Canal Sunday afternoon,
when in diving he struck his head on a
piling or was seized with cramps. The
body was recovered in a few minutes,
but could not be resusctated.