The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-05-27
Several reels of interesting pictures will

was visiting relatives In Mount Holly las
| week.
Miss Sarah ]. Balm has returned to be
home in Asbury Park after two weeks
visit with relatives in Mount Holly.
Miss Ada Warner, of Pemberton, an
Rogers Doran. of Vincentown, were mai
ried at the latter place last Wednesday.
Business will be generally suspende'
after ten O'Clock on Friday morning mex
owing to the observance of Memorial day
J. J. Fenstermacher has sold the frui
farms owned by E. NJ. Brock and j. s
Perkins, near Bridgeboro, to A. W. Jarvis
of Chestnut Hill. Pa.
Joseph G. Stevenson. of Beverly, anc
Miss Maud r. Anderson, of Bridgeboro
we're married in the Methodist parsonag
at Beverly. on May 10Th.
Miss Eunice Holmes and Howard Seth
both of Mount Holly, were married OF
Saturday afternoon at the home of Clarenc'
Sharp, on Shreye street. by Rev. james
Stoddard.
Miss Evelyn Dobbins has resigned al
organist of the M. E. church and at {
meeting of the official board last evening
Beverley C. Kingdom was elected organist
and leader of the choir.
On May 21st, at the Baptist parsonage
in Medford, occurred the marriage of G.
H. McCloskey and Miss Anna Allen. both
of Marlton. The ceremony was perform.
ed by Rev. William Thompson.
At a meeting of the Board of Educa.
tion of the Township of Northampton
last Friday evening, Joseph c. Kingdom
was electea. to fill the vacancy in the
Board caused by the resignation of Philip
Karg.
At the Baptist parsonage, Mount Hol.
ly, on Saturday evening, May nth. oc-
CURED the marriage of Henry Misner and
The ceremony was performed by Rev. r.
Fl. Baker.
George D. Fields, formerly of Smith
vile, died recently at Athena. Deceased
was a member of Good Will Lodge, No.
IA, Ancient Order United Workmen, of
Mount Holly, and the widow will be paid
$4,000 this week.
"Grassmere," the beautiful home at
Edgewater Park belonging to Gen. E..
Burd Grubb, was sold at the Court House
on Thursday by Sheriff Jordan for $751;
800. 1t was purchased by Charles II.
Mathews, the complainant.
Raymond j. Dennis and Miss Cora P.
Resgers. both of Burlington, were married
In that city on Sunday afternoon The
events took place at the parsonage of the
Union Methodist church, Rev. J. II. Pay
ran performing the ceremony.
Mount Holly will be represented by
over thirty contestants in the Field Meet
to be held at Burlington Island Park on
Memorial day. This event was to have
taken place last Saturday. but was post
poned on account of the storm.
A number of Mount Holly Masons have
received Invitations to be present at the
constitution of Pemberton Lodge No. 1919,
this evening. Past Grand Master Josiah
w. Evan will preside at the banquet
which will be held after the ceremonies.
F. Carlton Dalton is now in the employ
of the Ocean Gate Realty Company and is
looking after the interests of that concern.
He has charge Of Sunday excursions to
the resort and persons desiring to go to
Ocean Gate on any Sunday should apply
to Mr.. Dalton for particulars how to get
transportation.
While some boys were digging In a
yard on Monroe street, last week, they
unearthed two clay or stone pipes. each
of which bears the date of 1861. The pipes
were in such good state of preservation
that they looked like new ones. The sill
yer caps over the bowls were very bright
A letter received from Professor
William @. Ash, of the Philadelphia
Trade School, seems to indicate that
Mount Holly will get the school proposed
by Murrell Dobbins. Mr.. Ash has written
that he is making plans to have the build
ing so arranged as to meet all require
ments and that he hopes the equipment
will be purchased so as to open the school
in September.
The closing exercises of the local Y. M.
G. A. for the summer, will be held In their
building on Buttonwood street, Thursday
evening. Judson J. Adams, director of
athletics of the Drexel Biddle Bible class,
of Philadelphia, will deliver the chief adj
dress. Other speeches will be made by
Otis B. Read. Daniel Lorentz and by some
members of the board of directors. The
boys are anticipating AN enjoyable even
ing.
Paul Swan. an 1S-year old son of John
Swain, of Bordentown, who was acct
dentally shot in the groin with 3Scali-
bre ball from rifle In the hands of Thorn
as Lee, neighbor, about two years ago,
and who was taken to St. Francis Hospi-
tai at Trenton, where an operation to To-
cate the ball was unsuccessful, was sur
prised on Thursday to find that the leaden
missile had worked it's way out at the back
part of the thigh.
There will be big time at Burlington
tomorrow evening when the famous de-
gree team of Eden Lodge, No. "a, OF
Wilmington Delaware. will confer the
three degrees upon a class of 200 who
desire to join the Odd Fellows. The
work will be exemplified ON the stage Of
the auditorium. The officers of the grand
lodge of New Jersey will be present. A
special trolley car for members of the
order will leave the corner of Garden
street, Mount Holly, at 6.45. returning al
the conclusion of the ceremonies.
The straw press belonging to Mrs. Ellis
Harker, of Wrightstown, was burned tt
the ground on Sunday, May IS, causing {
loss of $4,000, on which there was al
insurance of 5000. The fire started
towards evening, the blaze being confined
to the inside, and what caused 1t is
mystery. One theory is that mice MAJ
have nibbled a match inadvertently
dropped. The building was of galvanized
iron, full of straw, and was soon a regula
furnace. The metal confined the fame
until the roof melted and fell in, and By