The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-06-13
Miss Bertha Kirby, of Medford, spent
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Miss Bertha Kirby, of Medford, spent
Wednesday in Mount Holly.
An operation has been performed on
James Mitchell, who has a cancer on the
brain.
Mrs Lena M. Mathis, of Pemberton,
has been granted divorce from her hus-
band, Eldridge L. Mathis, by the Court
of Chancery, on the ground of desertion.
James Logan. Jr. of Mount Holly, is at
Eagles Mere, Pa, with class of so stu
dents from the University of Pennsylva-
mia. They are on trip for practice work
in surveying
The ladies of st. Andrews Church will
give a rose festival on the lawn of Mrs.
John Richards Howell, on Tuesday even
ing, June twentieth, from seven until ten
held at the gymnasium in the rear of the
church.
The telephone company has system
supposed to be for the purpose of awaken
ing the night operator when calls are
sent in. 1t is bell that goes off like an
alarm clock. 1t is easily heard by the
residents within half square of the ex-
change, but they seem to be more affected
by it than those for whom it is intended.
On Sunday night the bell rang SO long
without cessation that a member of the
polioa foroo tbo,,rhf ooYoafhinr vraoot ha
wrong. He went to the exchange and
found the operator fast asleep Repeat
ed calls failed to awake him, and it was
only after several vigorous shakes had
been administered that he opened his
eyes and inquired, What's up2" 1t
might be good idea to abandon the bell
system and attach electric wires to the
operator.
Owing to increase of travel the Cam
den and Trenton Railway Company have
found it necessary to increase their SER
vice. On and after Friday they will ope
rate cars every half hour between River
side and Trenton, leaving Riverside P. R.
r. station one minute after the hour and
thirty-one minutes after the hour. The
regular hour service between Camden and
Trenton will be continued, but a change
of time will be made. The car will leave
both Trenton and Camden thirty minutes
after the hour. The running time under
this new schedule will be two hours and
fifty five minutes. In order to make this
faster time the company has found it ne
cessary to definitely locate the stops, and
cars will only stop at signs Gears stop
here" and at poles marked with a black
or white background. The public is
asked to cooperate in this arrangement,
as it will result in mutual benefits.
The Alumni Association of the Mount
Holly High and Grammar schools held its
annual banquet on Friday evening. The
guests were received in the parlor of the
Arcade hotel by Misses Celia H. Bluste |
and Lizzie A. Atkinson, and Messrs. Hen
ry ]. Sherman and Frank K Moen. Mu- |
sic was furnished by an orchestra, and af |
ter a short period of social intercourse the |
guests were invited to the dining room,
which had been tastefully decorated with |
the school colors, and where an inviting |
bill of fare had been prepared by the
committee in charge of that part of the
programme-Misses Bertha NJ Herbert, |
May B. Boyce, Rebecca II. Clark, and Mr.. |
Mark L. Durand. After all had paid at
tention to this part of the entertainment,
Mr.. Harry j. Sherman, as POSTMASTER,
called on the speakers who responded as
follows: Professor W. COLON Cook, "The |
Alumni as the Index of the School," Miss
Miriam E. Oatman, Looking to the Flu
ture;" Samuel A. Atkinson, ''The Ladies'"
Miss Irma Ireland, '"The Gentlemen"
Morris K. Perinchief, "The High School
Faculty" One hundred and thirty per-
sons were present.