The Newark Post VOLUMN XXIII NEWARK, DELAWARE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1932 NUMBER 1 Newark School Graduate JAMES A
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t The Newark Post VOLUMN XXIII NEWARK, DELAWARE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1932 NUMBER 1 Newark School Graduate JAMES A. M'KELVEY, PROMINENT Makes Good at Harvard DEPUTY SHERIFF SHOOTS ELKTON NEW ARK CITIZEN, DIES SUDDENLY Wallace D. Newcomb, class of '28 been renewed each year. This an ROBBER EARL YSUNDA YMORNING of the Newark School, who entered nouncement was made at the · annual Harvard on a scholarship from the dinner of the Harvard Club of Dela Death Resulted from Attack of Cerebral Hemorrhage Harvard Club of Delaware, has main- ware held in Wilmington Tuesday Authoritiea Think Arrests Will Stop Robberies James A. McKelvey, 58 years old, tained scholarship grades throughout night. Harvard graduates at the an- George Short and his cousi n, James 'proprietor of the Deer P ark Hotel, AETNA TO HOLD his career at Harvard. He is now in nu~1 meeting from Newark were: WILMINGTON AUTOMOBILE J ones, are in the Cecil County jail, here, and one of Newark's best-known MEETING THIS FRIDAY Ihis senior year and plans to be grad- Professor Crooks, Professor M. M· I SHOW OPENS FEB. 22 the former suffering from gunshot citizens, died unexpectedly at the The regular monthly meeting uated ~uI?e , h~93~. ~he sCholars~ip ~ahug~ eriY' San: . Superintendent of The Wilmington Automobile wounds in his legs, and the latter with d hotel shortly after 9 o'clock Monday of the Aetna Hose, Hook and awar e In IS res man year as e 00 s ra . rInser. Show, under the auspices of the bad cuts, as the result of being caught morning. fHe had beh en P2rOoprietor .odf Ladder Company will be held on Delaware Motor Trades Associa- in the act of robbing the clothing t he hotel 'or more t an years an don, will be held in the Hotel store of Samuel H arris, on West Main t hroughout his life had been actively Friday evening, February 5, at ENGINEERING SECTION OF Makes Address Before du Pont-Biltmore, February 22 street, Elkton, early Sunday morning, identified with ci vic a nd political mat- 8.30 p. m., at the Fire House. DELA W AREMSE~~TJN C~~~T;K ,Engineers at Newark _ to 27, inclusive. There will be by town and county officers. Both tel's. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~;' no charge for admission. young men have served terms in pris- The funeral took place at 9 o'clock = The Engineering Section of the on for robbery and the authorities be- t his morning with r equiem mass in game. While the Philadelphia Ath- Delaware Safety Council met Monday Heve they may be able to connect them St. John's R. C. Church. Interment letics were winning their first pen- night at the University of Delaware. with several of the robberies which will be in Mt. Holly Cemetery, Mt. nants, he was an ardent folfower of The engineers atteded the organ re- JOHN W. McCOOL SUES have occurred in this county in the Holly, N. J . that team, missing very few of the cital in Mitchell Hall from 7.30 to 8.30 SEVERAL MEN FOR SLANDER past few weeks. They had been ar- T The pall bearers w e r ~: Dr. S. T. games played in Philadelphia, and o'clock, and the business session of rested a few weeks ago on suspicion l' oung, Claude P. Hem n, John W' was acquainted with a large number t he section was held in Evans Hall at of robbing Thomas Brother s restaur- I ~an so n, Ralph Ba~row, Clarence Ma- of the players personally. He took a 8.30 o'clock. On Thursday John W. McCool, of ant, but were discha rged for lack of Jor, and John F. RIchards. gr eat interest in athletics at the Uni- Lieutenant Commander W. T. Min- Elkton, by his irttorneys, Henry A. evidence. Mr. McKelvey's death occurred as versity of Delaware. nick, U. S. N. Medical Corps, retired, Warburton and J oshua Clayton, dock- Sheriff Albert G. Buckworth and the result of a sudden attack of cere- Among his civic activities, Mr. Mc- was the guest speaker and his theme eted suits in the Circuit Court for State's Attorney E. D. E. Rollins felt bral hemo.l'1'hage .. At 8. ~ ' c lo c k M~n- Kelvey served as a magistrate in was "Safety in the United States Cecil County against Dr. Richard C. sure of their guilt, and engaged a d~y morl1lng, whIle waJtm~ to drIve Newark, receiving his appointment Navy." Dodson, of Rising Sun; Charles yo ung man familial' with thir com- hIs d~ugh~er. to the UrsulIne. Acad- I from Governor Denney and later l'e- Robert W. Thoroughgood, professor Mearns, of North East, and Austin L. ings and goings to keep tab on them, e m~ , In .Wllmmgton, he complamed .of 1 signing his post. He was active for of civil engineering, University of Jenkins and Francis M. Keefer, of with the r esult t hat Saturday even- feelll1g .111. Mrs .. M~Kelv:ey found hIm years in Republican politics her e. Delaware, gave the third lecture of a Elkton, for $5000 damages in each ing he r eported that a plan was on sea~ed m a chaIr I~ hIs offi~e, and, . He was gifted with a keen sense of scheduled series of seven on " Safety case, in that they falsely and malici- foot to rob t he Harris store immedi- s~e 1l1g tha~ he was Ill, had hIm car- humor, /) genial disposition and an in Foremanship." Pamphlets pertain- ously s p o~e and ~ublilthed of the ately after it closed at midnight Sat- n ed to their apartment on the S'eco nd unusual ability as a story teller. ing to Professor Thoroughgood's lec- Plaintiff the words following: urday night, provided this supposed .fl oor. These qualities endear ed him to hun- turc were distributed at the close of "A man came up to get a job, went accomplice could secure a truck to He lost conscIOusness whIle bemg dreds of friends who had occasion to the meeting. to the Contractors (meaning Empire haul away t he goods. The Sheriff and .carried up s ta~rs a I?d physici.ans were stop at the hotel. Construction Company), asked for a State's Attorney arranged with Lin- unable to r evIVe hIm. He dIed about Mr. McKelvey is survived by his FIRE DAMAGES HEISER HOME job, told him to see McCool, saw Mc- coIn J ensen to allow his truck to be an hour later. wife one daughter Elizabeth 16 Cool, told McCool he had been out of used, and set a trap for the burglars. MI'. McKelvey came to Delaware as year~ old, and severai brothers. ' Damage of about $250 was caused ROBERT W. THOROUGHGOOD work for foul' months, had a wife Deputy Sheriffs W. Coudon Rey- a young man. He was born on a farm by a fire on the third fl oor at the home 7.';~:;:::::;::;:::;:::==:~::=:;::==~:::::;:;~~::= and seven children. McCool told him nolds and Richard Masemore were in Lancaster County, Pa. First he Bessie Handloff, of A. C. Heisel', South College avenue, WELFARE COMMITTEE REPORT he would have to give him (McCool) stationed at Jacob Singman's store went to Wilmington , where he was h f opposite Mitchell Hall, last Monday At the regular monthly meeting of $2 to get him a job. He only had $2 facing the Harris store, while during proprietor of a saloo n for several Daug ter 0 Newark afternoon. the Newark Welfare Committee on and he said if he couldn't get work, the evening the Sheriff, State's At- years. T~en he b ec~me proprietor of Business Man Dies Members of the Aetna Fire Com- February 3, Mrs. Helen B. Wilson, its he would have to give it to him (Mc- torney, Deputy Sheriff Boyd, Chief a hotel 111 Hockessm , where he re- • pa~y respo~ding to an alarm succe~d- president, submitted the following: Cool), as he had to have a job. McCool of Police George M. Potts and De- mained until he. purchased the Deer I The death of Miss Bessie Handloff, ed 111 c0!lfin1l1g the fla~es to the thu'd Dr. Musselman is giving his serv- took the money, then the man showed tective Oscar P. Humes one by one Pa rk Hotel here 111 1911.. 26 years old, daughter of Mr. and fioor. WIth no extensIve damage to ices one day every other week for the him (McCool) a badge, and told him went to a room in the New Central . M~· . .McKelve y was k e~ nl y II1terested Mrs. Aaron Handloff, occurred at her f?rl1lture on ~he lower. fioo~·s. For a IFr ee Dental Clinic conducted by the (McCool) he was under arrest. He Hotel commanding a view of the rear II) CIVIC and State affaIrs and had a home here Friday night from anemia tIme the entll'e upper palt of the IWelfare Committee. took him (McCool) to Baltimore, and of the· Harris store. Night Officer ~v~d: circle o~ friends in Newa~k, ad- The funeral took place last Sunday; house was en.dang~red. F orty-five families are receiving he (McCool) was held under $2,000 David J . Randolph kept to his regular ]O ll1lng countIes of Pennsylvarua and with interment in Philadelphia. The blaze IS bel~eved .t.? have been assistance. It was the general opinion bail." routine so as ~o give the burglars con- Maryland, and throughout Delaware.