Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1925-06-27
State And Peninsula News

State And Peninsula News |
On Monday of last week the ground
was laid off and on Monday of this
week the ground was broken for the
new Presbyterian Church at the north
west corner of Strawberry street and
Tazewell avenue, Cape Charles, Va.
An appropriate program was render
eel at the groundbreaking which be-
gan at o'clock P. NJ.
The building will be 72 X % feet in
size and of stone construction, the
plan will be an enlargement of the Nj.
+ Church of Princess Anne, Md. The
building will contain in addition to
the main auditorium. Sunday School
rooms with large hall to be used for
social purposes over the school quar-
terS.
Following the breaking of the
ground Monday evening, work was
begun excavating on Tuesday. The
contract has been awarded the Pusey
Engineering and Construction Com
pany, of Cape Charles.
Fire of an unknown origin COM
pletely estroyed fertilizer plant No. 2,
of the L. c. Quinn Company, in Girls
field at an early hour Tuesday morn
ing of last week. The building and
machinery were reduced to a smould-
ering mass of ashes land several tons
Of Grab Scrap Fertilizer were burned
The plant was located in the Jersey
section of Cr;sfeld, and was built a.
bout five years ago by the Superior
Guano Company, of Baltimore Sew
eral months ago it was taken over by
the L. c. Quinn Company, and was
being operated in connection with that
firms other fertilizer plant, on the
Jersey shore. The plant was equip
ped with various kinds of machinery
for the drying, grinding and manu-
featuring of fertilizers from Crab
scrap and Fish products.
Workmen who left the plant at 6
o'clock Monday evening are unable to
understand how the factory could have
caught fire land watchmen at nearby
crab houses report that there was no
evidence of the fire ten or fifteen min
utes before the blaze broke out. The
fire was discovered about two o'clock
in the morning, and altho' the Girls
field : Fire Department responded
promptly, the factory was already
doomed.
The plant was partially covered by
insurance, it being estimated that the
total loss will amount to about $4,000.
Cape Charles Rotarians lacked some
what of their usual verve at their
meeting last Friday, tribute to their
absent Chief. Porter Allen. His alb
sence was so keenly felt that the
chairman at once expressed the SYM
pathy each member felt, a report of
his condition was made, and measures
to keep their president constantly
mindful Of their regard were propos-
ed and seconded with one accord.
by far the most important feature
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was to wish w. D. Williams Godspeed
on his trip to the Rotary Convention
at Cleveland, Ohio.
The distinguished guest of the oc-
casion was Capt. r A. Mcclure, the
guest of Vice-President Williams, who
introduced the Captain as "a friend of
years, who, it seems, grows ever clos
er with the passing of years." When
a speech from the Captain was de-
manded in response to this excellent
tribute, he begged to be excused, Civ
ing the members to understand, that
his connection with the Doctor was
even more than friendship; that at
the present moment he was enjoying
the result of pull with his friend,
land therefore, indisposed.
E II Warner, another guest, spoke
in the interest of the Boy Scouts, pro-
posing the organization of another
troop of the Scouts in Cape Charles.
The present troop, he said, has more
than it's quota of 80 members reach
ing into the forties, and that the for
nation of another troop was highly
desirable. He expressed the hope
that several "big buddies" might be
found to help the movement.
The third guest of the day, was
John B. DeRuntz, of the Northampton
Times. He was introduced by George
Smith as one who, like himself, had
got the sand of Cape Charles in his