Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1923-01-01
NEWS OF THE DAY
At NEW CASTLE
Various Church Organizations
Elect Officers for Ensuing
Year.
Special Correspondence Every Evening

Special Correspondence Every Evening
New Castle. Jan. Watch night
services were held In the First Pres
hyterian and Emmanuel Episcopal
Churches last evening. beginning at
IL o'clock and continuing until after
the midnight hour. shortly after mid
night the members of the Good VIII
hand paradcd the various streets and
played elections.
The members of the Baraca Class
of the Methodist Episcopal Church
yesterday afternoon elected the fol-
lowing officers for the ensuing year
President. Harvey Johnson; vice
president. William Littrcll: secretary.
Arthur II. Gibbs: treasurer. Horace
l. Deakynt; chorister. James T..
Challenger; assistant chorister. Al
bert Clayton; organist. Miss Emily +
Lunt; librarian. John Jester.
The following officers Of the First
Baptist Sunday school were elected
yesterday: Superintendent. Charles
l.eih; assistant superintendent. a
Gordon Gable; secretary, Miss Elsie
Walls. assistant secretary. Miss Eliza
beth Cannon. treasurer. organst and
81 ifA slAAfAlAatllA W Alif III Aliti hfidA
mcnt, Mrs :. Hickman Hewitt; as
sistant organist. Mrs. William Jordan.
fishers for the Methodist Episcopal
Church for this month are as follows:
Morning session. Frank Moore. Harry
W. Hushebeck, Thomas Rees, George
Mcknitt: evening session, Elmer
Megginson. Raymond Foster. Richard
r. Pinder. William Green.
The Rose I'm sunday school de
parimeut yesterday afternoon elected
the following officers: superintendent,
= Hickman Hewitt: assistant super
intcndcnt. Frank J. Megginson: see
-ctary. Miss Elsie Dolson; treasurer.
/ Miss Clara sutton; pianist, Mrs. :.
/ H. Hewitt; assistant pianist. Miss Ella
/ Burris
William Sparks Of the western sec
/ ton Of the city on Saturday evening
was arrested by officer William \
Palmer. and fined 81 and cost by
Mayor w. Leslie Cramer, for fighting
/ on the streets.
Tomorrow evening the members o'
the City Council and Trustees OF the
Commons will meet in regular month
~ session.
The members OF the Good VIII band
will hold their weekly rehearsal II
the parlors Of the Good VIII Fire
Company. Tuesday evening.
The members Of the Industry Coun
cil will install officers who were elected
last week tomorrow night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Tressler. OF II.
Young street. are receiving Congratu
lations upon the birth of twins OF
saturday.
4. Herman Padberg. president o.
he BOARD Of Health. has reported th'
following statistics for the year end
.ug December 81: Births, 30; deaths
81. Marriages. u.
Nj. and Mrs. Moriei Thornton, O
Eats; Fourth street. are entertaining
several days Mr.. and Mrs. Grey
, son Gillespie. Of Temperanceville, Va
Who were married on last Monday a
The home 81 the parents Of the bride
. Mrs. Gillespie = a sister 10 Nj
Thornton.
Harry II. Ro;hrock. Of Easton, Pa.
r spen; the weekend as the guest @
Professor and Mrs Henry +. Snavely
- East Third street.
; Mr.. and Mrs. David Danger. Jr
, and son. I'M. OF Wilmington, spen
yesterday as the guest Of Mrs. Mar
: garet Fehi and family 81 the Strand
Mss Mary Devlin, OF West SiXtl
. street. is spending New Years a
81 the guest o. her brother, Joseph. O
New York.
James Gebhardt is spending sew
eral days in Philadelphia as the CUES
q friends
, Mr.. and Mrs Roger Pope and fam
Ivy. Of Newark. spent yesterday a
the guest 4 Mr.. and Mrs. George No
KNIT and family, Of East Third stree
John and Harry Wallace, OF Yves
sixth street, spent yesterday and las
evening in Philadelphia
Archibald Iank, Of New jersey
spent the weekend as the guest q
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. y. 7. LAM
< y West Sixth street.
Tomorrow the local schools whic
p have been closed during the Christ
= mas and New Years holidays, will r.
q sumo their usual sessions.
James White. colored resident r
=. the Buttonwoods. yesterday was take
=. 90 the Delaware Hospital. Wilmington
. by order OF DIR. Lewis Booker 70
b. treatment.
Misse, Emily and Ella Ferguson. {
Philadelphia, who spent the week-en
as the guests Of their mother. Mr.
Robert Ferguson, are III al her home
Mrs Kate Peden. Of West Sevent
grip.
Miss Julia Schilling OF School street
IS suffering from blood poisoning.
Mrs. John Hopkins, Of Rose Hi. :
ill al her home with the grip.