The Penn's Grove record., 1913-06-20
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Valley Forge Revolutionary Commits
sion Will UnveiI Memorial on Site.
Members of the Valley Forge Revo-
Of New Jersey have completed all the
arrangements for the unwilling and
dedication of the monument erected
upon the site occupied by the New
Jersey Brigade infantry line, Contin-
entail Army, at Valley Forge, Pa, 1777-
1778. Adjutant General Wilbur F.. Sad
Ter designated as a guard of honor a
battalion of four companies from the
Third Regiment National Guard, Third
Regiment Band, a division of fifty men
from the Camden Battalion Naval Re-
serves and a tWo-gun battery from
Battery B, Field Artillery, of Camden
with a platoon of forty meen for firing
salutes.. Among the civic societies and
officials expected to be present are
the Sons of the Revolution, several
chapters of the Daughters of the Revo-
luton, Sons of the American Revolu-
ton, State Historical Society, State
Department Commander G. A. R., John
W. Bodine, of New Jersey and staff,
Camden; Philadelphia, Norristown and
Trenton lodges of Elks and Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Memorial of Battleship.
East Newark has at last succeeded
in getting a memorial of the battle
ship Maine, which was destroyed in
Havana harbor on February Is, 1898.
Frederick F. Butler, a resident of East
Newark, lost his life in the blowing
up of the vessel. Mayor Cornelius A.
McGlennon, of East Newark, has been
after a memorial of some sort for
several years, and his efforts were re-
warded when a tablet was received
last week. 1t was sent by the Wal
Department. The tablet is sixteen by
twenty-four inches in dimensions. On
the top are the words, This tablet
was cast from the metal recovered
from the U. S. S. Maine. In memoir
lam, U. S.. S. Maine, destroyed in Ha-
vana harbor, February Is; 1898" The
memorial bears the bias relief of a fe-
male figure with left hand uplifted. On
a shield are the words Patriotism"
and Devotion" The council extended
thanks to the War Department for the
gift by rising, and it was decided to
place the tablet in the school building
until the new Borough Hall was built.
A picture of Mr.. Butler, who went
down with the Maine, has been on the
walls of the hall since the accident.
Three Generations of Patriots.
NnT0h hin in n 0nnl1Jlnnf IN fhn
patriotism of three generations of
patriots and an institution for the
benefit of its citizens, Keyport will lay
the cornerstone of its new library
building. This new library building
will be unique among the institutions
of its kind in this State. 1t is a monu-
ment to the men of Keyport who went
to the front in the stirring days of
1861. 1t will also be a monument to
the men who went forth at the call of
the State to suppress the railroad riots
in 1878, and it will further be a monu-
ment to the soldiers of a later genera
ton who enrolled in the Spanish War.
1t is with the money these patriots
that the building is being erected, and
it is tin this that the Keyport library
will be unique, not only among the IL
braries of New Jersey, but among any
in the United States.
Peach Orchard Destroyed.
Four acres of peach trees, valued at
$1,312 were cut down by an unidenti-
fed person on the farm of Martin Ka-
hout lei Atco while Kahout slept
in the farm house a hundred yards
away. Kahout is the owner of several
farms in New Jersey, and seldom
sleeps at the one near here. At mid
night he was awakened by the barking
of his dogs, and heard the chopping,
but neglected to investigate, believing
it was a neighbor cutting wood. There
were 525 trees in the orchard, all of
which were destroyed. The trees
| were two years old, and Kahout ex-
pected them to peal this year.