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* \ NEWARK POST VOLUME VIII. NEWARK POST, NEWARK, DEL., NOVEMBER 21, 1917 NUMBER 43 Y. M. C. A. Cam paign Closes Contributions from Town and College Approxi mate $3000 Pelaware has over-subscribed to the V. M. C. A. War Fund, as little Delaware has a habit of doing in fund campaigns. Pledged 1o raise $500.000, the State has made a grand total of $508.568. with subscriptions still coming until the close on Saturday. B. Thompson, chairman. war Henry found the last part of his speech drowned in a tumult of cheers and applause when he made the an nouncement that Delaware had again gmie over the top. About 200 campaigners were at the final luncheon in the Hotel duPont rose room Saturday. Dean Hayward, of the Agricul tural department, Delaware Col lege. chairman for Newark, has to day issued the following statement: ''In the drive of last week to raise thirty-five million dollars for war work for the Y. M. C. A., New ark's contribution was divided into three separate and distinct funds, .ne students and faculty of the Women's College raised $1,000; the students and faculty of Delaware! College contributed $1,300, and the community subscribed $563.75, making a total for Newark of $2, 863.75. The chairman of the Community Committee takes this opportunity to express his appreciation of the loyal manner in which the people oa Newark went down into their joi'kets for this cause—a cause that will do much not only to comfort our own boys who are fighting our battles for us but also to supply necessaries which are needed to keep many in the prison camps of Europe from actual starvation. We are nil proud of the fact that ; I our State and town are doing their I part so well in our great national : crisis. : j ! lîZSTÂÂÏ f * Wk of WilminKtnn. v. ts >n/iimizi il 0,1 ' a ,Vy,' t '1 ,V '• t! lM ! i> a r ,. 11< , v 'traft nf °f .lomas ,. . "HCl, . e j w, llch thp br ! d, ' « father was » ■ ; rn,r rector. I he Rev. John J. Mur rsv. rector of the church ot ot. i Bartholomew. Baltimore father of P the groom, officiated. Only intimate a friends witnessed the ceremony. | The bride wore a grown of white i L net over .ilk. charming in its aim piieity. and a veil draped with ! orange blossoms. Her bouquet was I 8shower of bride's roses and lilies She was attended by ^ hr sister. Mrs. Pauline Poffenberg- p trBond, of Philadelphia, who wore anretty frock of burnt orange silk, 8tl a large picture hat of black. She also carried roses. The bride *»s given away by her brother. De Clifford Poffenberger, of Wilming hn. Mi Murray, of Baltimore, [brother of the groom, acted as best L<m. and Mrs. C. E. Burnley pre [filled at tin 1 organ. • Following the ceremony an in ■formal reception was held at the ■«toe of Mrs. John Elliott, after ^■»hich the liride and groom ieft by ■«atomobih* for a wedding trip, ■V will reside at Parlin, N. J., ■»hero Mr. Murray is employed by duPont Company. WEDDING M I Kit A Y-P< tFFENBERGER of the vallev. DELAWARE SUF FRAGE WORKERS IN CONVENTION pn-Militant Branch Meets At Newport The annual meeting of the Dela a « Suffrage Association will be eld tn the Masonic Temple at New on Thursday, November 22nd. morning session will be devot P to Business. There will be a box ^•11 at noon followed by an in La'i^'i" afternoon session which addressed bv Mrs. Marshall j ., of Woodside. and other l ? ers - , ! . n V'"Bt p. m. Caleb Bnrchenal. , attorney of Wilming Vÿjh'. -T. R. Moore of Dein- 1 1 ollege, will address a pop-jhge, ^meeting, to which all interest - «ordially invited. | rhv $ arc STATE GRANGERS TO VISIT NEWARK Plans are under way to make the a annual meeting of the'State Grange to be held at Delaware College on December 11, 12, and 13 a notable Every effort will be made by the college as host to make the staV of the delegates both pleasant and 1 profitable. The program, though j to not complete at this time, will be | adapted to a war time convention. _ On Tuesday afternoon, December 11th. the faculty and students of j the Women's College will hold an | informal reception from four to i si X . (( Tuesday night will be known !p as Ladies Session and an at ti active program is being arranged | oi ns occasion. In connection with the State 1 Grange meeting there will also be ( the annual corn show, which j every farmer's attention is being di rected. Prizes are offered as fol lows: For 10 ears white corn. $4, $3, $2, $1 ; 10 ears yellow corn. $4. Corn Show I n Connection With Annual Meeting one. ; I $3, $2, $1 ; 10 ears white capped corn, $4. $3, $2. ribbin ; 50 ears white corn, 2 bags cotton seed meal, i offered by E L. Richards, ribbons for second and third prizes : 50 ears ! of yellow corn, a $6.00 oil burner offered by Geist and Geist, ribbons for second and third prizes; 50 ears of white capped corn, a $6.00 plush robe, offered by T. A. Potts, ribbons for second and third prizes; Grange exhibiting the best ten-ear samples by three members, any variety, | Silver Cup. In the first three I classes there is also offered b.v the Newark Garage and Electric Co. i and H. W. McNeal a silver cup. i The second and third premiums are ribbons. j ! TO GIVE READINGS NOTED STORY TELLER Irish Wit, Humor, And Pathos At Wolf Hall Seumas Mac Manus, proposed by j : Joseph Lee. president of the Nn j tional Playground Association, the ! world's greatest storyteller, f ■giving out of f " stm ' v «"*■„* *Wv,, among the universities and colleges °f the county, where the students j universally hail with enthusiasm ■ ; C()tning . The Boston Trans dese rfbes him as an Irish i » , trilllont ■mresentative of P f) ^ b < b ^ ^ï.ls an.liouces a "- . •„ r 1<rp | . J ërtaîes " Never in un ex i L ' rldaa ? ; , j , nolv \ voll _ I f'p"v telling " Senmas mIc ! J j brought to Newark by tho I 'J [},« Women's College. The : C . w j]j j )p kp ,q a f tjie low ^ < o . ur(1 ten cents in order that p f prvonp adults and school-ehil ^ mav have the opportunity of hpar j j lini- A 11 over actual ex- | ', ises " w lll he given to the Newark Gross. ' ' - ... Home For Week-end OOIu ^ Private Oliver Suddard ot ie 305th Field Battalion Signal Gnrps, stationed at Camp Lee, Va., Thursday, the 15th, at home * . 1 enroutetoPhila by Wltb lls ......ination for delphia to take the examu . J., the Aviation Section ot the signa by copps w hich be passed successfully. " " Delaware Speakers wi Monday, November At Institute On Wednesday Professor Mary Rieb addressed the County Institute held at Wil li, >r subject was: "TTow E. Teachers mington. ft Meet the Fundamental • Schools." At -, Issues in be j) eai , Winifred ko before the Teacher Institnti on Thursday <>" '' Flic Need ° • Sc h 0 ol of Education.' he stale box 5s „.turning to the need ot a train in- j sc hoo'l for teachers, a school to he located near the Women s «> 1 j . md snpPr vised hv the Department l f Educat i on a t the head ot whten , ! is Prof. Mary E. Rich. , „ SvpherdK head of the L D LhVn a rtment. Delaware Gob 1 S teachers of Sus pop-jhge, < „ j n : 0 int session at sex and Ken^» .1» | Milford last veek. mu J. Robinson Townspeople Respond For Benefit of Belgians The Committee collecting cloth ing and toys for women and chil dren in Belgium last week, report a s P lendid res P onse on the part of townspeople. Three large auto moblIe ,oads have been sent to bead ' quarters in Wilmington, those in ehar "? complimenting the local comi T, tte ? for tho quality of the 1 eontributmns. Children of the j to "' n dld the Skater part ot both | collecting and soliciting, _ ^ Represent Delaware j | i !p e ,ic 0 represented the College at thc moetill „ of the Associa | tion of American Agricultural Col leges and Experiment Stations held 1 last wock. ( j 'Committee Considers a H. In Washington Dean Cullimore,, Dean Hayward, Professor Caudell and Professor to Candy Substitutes Messrs. Walter Plumley, Edgar McMullin, G. N. Brown, and Mr«, Annie W. Moore, were named a i committee, by the Newark Presby terian Sunday' School, last Sunday, ! to consider the advisability of do-1 the committee has not yet been re ported, | I i i porter, has resigned his position on | the staff of the Evening Journal to i t' j ing away with candy this year, at the annual Christmas celebration, as a war measure. The action of of Hayes, well-known re-[been New Store In Opera House Building W. E. j go into business in Newark. Mr. ! Hayes has rented the Opera House i [store building on the corner of Main and Academy streets, and . j within the next ten days will open! a store here. will sell cigars. II tobacco, stationery, and candies. j - RESIGNS AS v Made Professor of Agricul toral Education At the meeting of the State High vvay Commission held in Dover on Monday action upon the State High-! way was # deferred until permanent lo catio n is decided upon, Ch | ef Upham was in structed to conduct a material survey °f the roads of the State and also to _ I ascertain the source of material avail ^le in all three of the counties for ™ad building, especially as to sand : and stone in Sussex county sand m Rent county and quarries in : ew as- , tle county A general discussion of proposed of road building was had by members of | the department, with the view of com mencing, early next year, practical : road construction throughout the en- i tire State. Action on the resignation of Coleman duPont as a member of the State Highway Commission, in the event of ie commission accepting his offer to build the State highway, was deferred until the next meeting. j STATE LEADER prnrlamattntt Governor John G. Townsend, Jr., has [ issued the customary proclamation designating Thursday, November 29, as a day of Thanksgiving and Prayer ."Thanksgiving is distinctively Am It is a part of our national in which he says: encan. life, and upon the spirit of its recog nition rests the stability of our insti- in Observed by our fathers in to tutions. he hardships of Colonial days, it gain ed official recognition in the nation's stress under Lincoln. With such his tory and such recognition, it'is pecu liarly fitting that today, with demo- , on trial we should how in cracy thankful acknowledgment to a guid- | I, • ; Providence. 'With the idea and ideals of Cal-j vary standing at hay, humanity, with j beseeching confidence has appealed to | the strength of America for relief and life itself. That we are privileged to : give of cur harvests to starving nat- i ions, and of our manhood in defense j of "honor, is foundation for sincere Never in the hstory of j m g thanksgiving. Record Test At College Farm The College Farm has recently completed an official 30-day test on a Holstein heifer owned by Mr. L. Broadwater of Wilmington. During the 30 days of test the cow produced 800 quarts of milk and 62 pounds of butter. The average pro duction of a mature cow is 140 pounds of butter in a year. H. SCOPE OF EXTEN SION WORK WIDENED Specialists In All Parts of Delaware When Congress passed the Em ergency Food Bill $13,300 was as signed for work in Delaware. Ac cording to the plan this money is to be spent entirely in t,he salaries and expenses of county and home demonstration agents. The fund has made it possible to materially increase the extension forces. At the present time there is a county agent at work or appointed for each eount.v in the state, under the di 'action of the State Leader of County Agents, M. O. Pence. In New ( astle ( ounty Mr. R. O. Bans oian is in charge ot the work; in Tvent, Mr. IL H. Zimmerley; in Sussex, Mr. Kauffman, who suc ceeds Mr. W. C. Pelton. will begin work on December first. In Home | after December first, give i t' ,no 1° poultry' work among farm j home makers of that county. Demonstration Work, under the leadership of Miss Gertrude M. Blodgett, there will be at an early date agents appointed for the city of Wilmington, rural New Castle, pent, and Sussex counties. Tn ad jdition Miss Clara Nixon, who has re-[been in Sussex since last Mav. will. all her i The agricultural staff of Dela . ware College has increased from 7 j in 1907 to 29 today. Visits Friends After Twenty Years Arthur Reynolds. Delaware Col lege alumnus, class of 1895, called on friends in Newark last week, his first visit to the town in twenty .years. Mr. Reynolds was greatl.v surprised at the many changes he found here, and spoke glowingly of the progress noted, lie is at present in the hardware business, at Spartonsburg. N. C. m Jrp delivered on the Protestant Re , f orma ti 0 n by Rev. W. J. Rowan, of the Newark Presbyterian Church, will be given next Sunday evening at of .even thirty, on John Calvin, co'ered slides, showing the place of : Calvin's birth, some of the important i buildings in his native city, Paris, Ba sei, Berne, Geneva, with its lake front, t]je opera house, and cathedrals, por traits of Calvin and Bucer, autograph of letters of Calvin and Servetus and to the grave of Calvin, will add to the interest of the lecture. A cordial in j vitation is extended to every one. ILLUSTRATED LECTURE ON SUNDAY Sketch of John Calvin And His Work The third lecture in the series be Fifty our country have we been fortuned give effectively so much for world's advance. So, to stand, our all, beside the bleeding nations fight for liberty of thought and action merits prayerful recognition of God of courts and men. Truly, as the past, man with tried heart, in sadness, renders most devout thanks to the guiding hand of destiny. In the world's sadness and fortune, our State has played well part, giving more of her resources than the demands of proportionate share. For all of which, in keeping with custom and official proclamation. I, John G. Townsend, Jr., Governor the State of Delaware, do designate Thursday, November 29, as a day j thanksgiving and strongly urge | citizens to lay aside the duties of hour and give grateful thanks to : mighty God for the harvests and i sings received and the privileges j opportunities afforded, during year, and to further resolve that j all be given for His guidance." N DELAWARE MEN NEED PILLOWS Victrola Records Will Be Ap preciated A communication has been re ceived at local ters asking for virmnarmmls for the use of Delaware men at Camp Dix. The men have purchased a victrola. but have very few records, and any contributed will be ap preciated. The Delaware men. the communication a^so states, are in need of small flat pillows, size IS xl8. covered with khaki-colored cloth. Anyone having feathers for pillows may use any material con venient for ticking, leaving them at headquarters where the local com mittee will supply them with covers of the proper color. Further par ticulars may be received upon ap plication to Mrs. C. B. Evans or Miss Grime. uar as is At CLASS IN RADIO WORK ORGANIZED di of In in in Twenty-five Men In Attend ance Classes in radio-work, organized by Dean A. R. Cullimore. of the Engineering department of Dela ware College, have been organized at Delaware College and in Wil mington. Both classes have started off successfully with full enroll ments and large waiting lists. Class No. 1 opened in Newark last Wed nesday night with 25 men in at tendance. 'Phe class was conducted by Mr. McConnell. There were 46 applicants for admission to the class, but as only 25 could be ac commodated. 21 had to be put on the waiting list. Class No. 2 will open this Wednesday night in Wil mington with a full enrollment. There are 12 men on the waiting list of this class. the M. ad has her 7 GLEE CLUB WORK BEGINS Col his he of at of 100 Combined Chorus Voices Re of will at of Ba por and the in The two glee clubs of Delaware College held their first rehearsals last Thursday under I lie ('veiling direction of T. Leslie Carpenter of Wilmington. One club is formed of men, and the other of women, students and faculty of the two branches of the college, and each i numbers fifty or more voices. They will be trained separately as a ruh" on occasions will combine, forming a chorus of over one hun dred mixed voices, he held regularly on evening under Mr. Carpentei s di but Rehearsals will Thursday rection. 'The clubs contain some unusually fine vocal talent, and the members be read and acquire music rapidly as a result of tho musical training in tlje secondary schools. Mr. Carpenter will devote one | morning each week to private in voice and ! Fifty teaching at the college armony, coun terpoint and musical composition. piano, an also in ELMS SET OUT ON CAMPUS Horticultural Department Se lects And Plant Trees The horticultural department of Delaware College, under the direc tion of Professor C. A. McCue, has recently completed the work of set ting out 98 American elms, on the .new campus of the College, trees have been planted in two partial double rows, according to the landscape design of Day and Klauder, architects, the idea being to give a hedge effect rather than a tree effect, ten or fifteen years. Professor McCue stated todav, "before the to with to the in bowed the thanks mis "lt will be at least her general idea willbe apparent to the public." The elm is a slow grow ing tree, its average life being 300 years. Many specimens, however, thrive for 400 years. . All of the trees were selected from tin* Thomas Meehan nurseries, oi- Thesher, Pa., by the horticultur al department. They are very uni form and super excellent speci of o ou the Al bles and this our mens. College Farm Sells Stock The College Far.m lias recently sold four Guernsey cows and a hull to the New Castle County Work I house farm. Local Men Leave for Camp Dix First Negro Contingent from New Castle County Leaves Rural New Castle county sent its first contingent of negro men to the National Army on Monday. They left Newark on the 9:38 o'clock P., B. & W. train for Wilmington, where they joined the other Delaware contingents for the trip to Camp Dix, Wrights town, N. J. The rural New Castle county con tingent represented 15 per cent of the district's quota making 32 men. Of this number 30 were negroes and two white men. The white men were W. L. Beck, of Delaware City, a Delaware College graduate, who had charge of the contingent until Camp Dix was reached and Daniel Slack, of Newark, who was Beck's assistant. Harry B. Guest of Marshalton, a third white man was to go, but failed to report to the Local Board and consequently will have to give a satisfactory explana tion for his absence or be sent to Fort duPont as a slacker. It was neces sary to send four alternates to take the places of principals who did not go. The men were marched from the headquarters of the Local Board in Purnell Hall to the Old Station. Many friends of the men were at the sta tion to see them off. J. Pilling Wright chairman o fthe Local Board, Dr. W. Owen Sypherd and Dr. Walter H. Steel, also members of the Board, were also at the station. This makes a total of 129 men or about 00 per cent of the quota who have been sent from this district. Of those previous ly sent only 7 hav ebeen rejected be cause of physical defects. Those who made up the contingent on Monday were as follows: W. L. Beck, captain, and Daniel Slack, his assistant. Charlie Reason, John A. Stewart, Edward Johnson, Raymond R. Hall, Benjamin Tyler, William Archié, John S. Powell, David H, Holland, Jr., William P. Jefferson, Charles Gibbs, William Loper, Nathaniel E. Johnson, Edward Daublin, Atwood Anderson, Richard .R Allen, Hillie Thoman, Oby Turner, Matthew A. Johnson, Andrew Jam Thomas Gould, Louis Harris, John R. Corbin, Alfred Lewis Handy, John S. i Kumsey, Wesley Nickles, William L. Beck, Daniel Slack, Wayman Cam mile, Henry S. Carroll, Clifton G. Comegyes, Edward T. Barrett... Martin, Robert W. Brinkley, Wilmington Lawyer Moves To Newark The property on the corner of Main and Chapel streets, recently purchased from the Newark Trust and Safe Deposit Company, by E. has been rented by George Townsend, Esq., of Wil mington, who will accupy the res idence about December first. Mrs. Nellie M. Bennett, the former oc cupant has moved to the house va cated by Mrs. Evan W. Lewis, on Delaware Avenue. as in | Richards. ! L. OBITUARY L.u'ka V. Coemery of has the to the Laura Virginia Colmery, for many years a resident of Newark, passed away at the home of her nephew, Mar shall Bracken, of Philadelphia, on Monday last after an illness of a year. The deceased was the daughter of the late George W. and Mary B. Colmery and a sister of the W. Thomas Col mery, who were long residents of the town. She was also a life member of St. Thomas' P. E. Church, of which she was an active member for many years, she and her parents being among the founders of the church. Her benevolent spirit won for her hosts of friends. She was born March, 1847. Services will be held at her late residence in Philadelphia this evening at 8 o'clock, also at St. James' P. E. Church, Stanton, Del.,-on Thursday, at 1:15. Interment in the adjoining cemetery. Conveyances will meet the train at the B. & O. station Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Her nephews will act as pall bearers. Services will be conducted by the Rev. Mr. Gilber son, rector of St. James' P. E. Church, Kingsesstng, Philadelphia. the 300 uni hull