The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-12-16
LOCAL NEWS.

SOCldi ScSSlOH Oll lHulsudy CNChAhS'
Yesterday was the last day of th'
season for shooting rabbit and quail.
Rogers & Boyd have purchased from
DIR. John j. Flynn a piece of land adj
joining their mill
"A property ON Madison avenue be
longing TO the estate of Mrs, James w
Allen, has been sold to Willard F. Tom
linson
Miss Margaret Semple has moved into
her property on High street, recently
vacated by Mr.. and Mrs. Edward d.
Stokes.
The dwelling and store property Of
Alexander Dubell, corner of High and
Washington streets, has received fresh
coat of paint.
AT the Masonic Temple at noon on
Christmas day, the Mount Holly Elks
will give its annual dinner to the children
of Mount Holly.
Join the Farmers Trust Company s
Christmas Club which starts December
18th, 1913, for the year 1914.
A supper for the benefit of the Bur
lington County Hospital will be given
at Tabernacle by the ladies of that place
on Thursday night.
John M. Smith has resigned as super
intendent of the Burlington County
Transit Company, and will retire from
the service on January Is.
Richard Jennett, of Bridgeboro, is re-
ported to be very ill from blood poison
ing. The trouble developed from wound
received during the civil war.
A two weeks holiday will be enjoyed
by the public school children, whose
Christmas vacation will begin at the
close of the schools on December 10.
Jesse V. Bickford, former resident of
Mount Holly, recently suffered loss by
fire, which destroyed the Kenilworth
Inn, property he owned at Princeton.
Increase of business incident to the
holidays is becoming a burden at the
local post Office, where it is likely another
carrier will be employed to help along
with the Christmas rush.
At the rectory of the Sacred Heart
Church, on Wednesday, December Sd,
occurred the marriage of Robert j.
Woods and Mabel E. Worlin. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. Peter
J. Hart.
The fine residence which Professor
William c. Sullivan has erected at the
corner of Buttonwood and Ridgway
streets is about ready for occupancy, and
he will take possession in time to eat his
New Years dinner there.
The closing of the present year will be
marked by dance to be given in the
Masonic Temple under the auspices of
the members composing the Phi Delta
GUIANA Fraternity of Mount Holly, on
the night of December 31st.
The following mail remains unclaimed
in the post Office for the week ending
December 10: Henry J. Clifford, Char
lotte Gibbs, Mrs. Henry Hoey, Rapol
Norwois (foreign) Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Blair Mitchell, Mrs Harriet Ritter. Pos
tails for George w. Barber, Miss Anna
Shaw, Mr.. and Mrs. J. II. Ford.
A portion of last week was spent in
Philadelphia by members of the Board
of Freeholders, Engineer James Logan
and Road Supervisor Samuel c. Roberts,
who attended a convention of the
National Road Builders Association.
There was much to learn in the matter
of road construction at this gathering of
experts.
At the annual meeting at the home of
the Misses Hulda and Reba Evan, on
Madison avenue, the Philathea class of
the Baptist Sunday school appointed
committees for the ensuing year and
elected the following officers; Presidsnt,
Florence Owens; vice president, Hulda
Evan; secretary, Anna Kirkbride; treas
urer, Inez Mayer.
Coming in contact with some steel
fasteners on moving belt recently, Ed
ward l.. Durand, employed at the grocery
store of Durand Il Son, had the flesh
badly torn on his hand that was seriously
crippled years ago while feeding print
ing press in THE News Office, when he
lost some fingers and came near losing
the use of the hand.
A very acceptable Christmas present
years subscription to THE NEWS. II
will only cost you 81, and it will he ap-
preciated by the receiver the entire year
If you have friend interested in agricul
tural work, we make this special offer
THE NEWS and the Tribune Farmer, q
journal dealing exclusively with the
work of the farm, both papers for one
year at SIPS. See announcement or
fourth page.
The managers of the Burlington Coun
ty Children's Home are pleased to learr
of the movements which are being TAX
en- in behalf of that institution. The
school children of Delanco are collect
ing food for the home In this work i.
also engaged the Whatsoever Circle o
the Delanco Y. NJ. c. A., which organi
zation will divide its donation between
the Children's Home and the Deaconess
Home at Camden.
An effort is being made to organize
federation of the various patriotic order
and churches of Mount Holly, an,
to that end committees are being az
pointed to discuss the matter. This is tn
first step along this line in Burlingto
county, and it is expected that in tn
near future county federation {
every patriotic order and church will
organized. AT Burlington, last weel
a branch of the Federation of Protestar
churches was organized.
1t has been arranged that in futul
cases of fire a short blast of the alarI
whistle at the electric light station wi
be given after the department has bee
summoned as an indication that IL
trouble has been subdued. 1t will nj
be long before the necessity will arriN
for the removal of this whistle, donate
by +. b. Jones, as the lighting plar
here is to be abandoned. Chance
factory is; suggested as good place f,
f,,tI1rn location If S1tab