The Penn's Grove record., 1913-06-27
GET HOME.

Daughters OF Revolution Formally
Open %FrankIin's Print Shop.
Benjamin Franklin's old print shop
in which he turned out paper currency
for the Colonial Government of Now
elaborate ceremonies as the home Of
the Annis Stockton Chapter, DauEh-
tiers of the American Revolution. The
exercises centred in the presentation
of a hugh American flag, large enough
to v the front of the quaint little
building, by the New Jersey Society,
Sons of the American Revolution, to
the patriotic women, who, from their
headquarters here will open a cam
paign to appropriately mark the va
rious spots of Revolutionary interest,"
in this section. Mrs. Harriet n. NJ.
Pancoast, of Palmyra, regent OF the
Annis Stockton Chapter, presided at
the opening of the home. Following
the address of welcome by Mayor E.
E. Mount, John S. Merrill, of this city,
president of the New Jersey Society,
Sons of the American Revolution, es-
corted with his staff and color bearers
from the station by troops of local
Boy Scouts, presented the big flag to
Mrs. Pancoast. The history of the old
house, as it appears on the county rec
ords and the traditions attached to it,
were related by Henry S. Haines.
State Surveyor General. The principal
address was made by Mrs. Charles
Yardley, of East Orange, State regent
of the D. A. R. The Annis Stockton
Chapter, by these exercises, becomes
the first society of the D. A. r. in this
State to purchase and own its own
historic headquarters.
The new Newark Normal School,
which was formally opened last week,
and which is to become a State school
next month, bids fair to be known as
the leading institution of it's kind in
the State. Applications for admission
are being received from all sections
of the State. There is little question
but what it will be filled to its ca.
pacity of about 500 before the first
half year is over. The building is so
constructed that an additional story
may be built and in such a way as
to improve the present impressive
architectural effect rather than mar
the beauty of the ediice. For it is a
beautiful building; the finest express
sion In school architecture in the
State. So far as it is possible to tell
before the classes are actually in
stalled, the interior arrangement will
make for a high grade of efficiency in
the work to be done there, because of
the convenient and logical arrange
ment, the teachers who are to come
forth from it should be better equipped
and more proficient than the two thou
sand who have attended the Newark
Normal School since it's establish
ment. The city has prepared almost
ideal conditions for the education Of
those who are ultimately to teach its
children; the State will now take up
the work; Newark and all of New Jer-
say have a right to expect much from
the young women and men who are
to avail themselves of these new privi-
leges and opportunities.
The sea has further e~ncroached up
on the beach at Seabright during the
last season, and extensive bulkhead
work will be necessary soon, or a big
easterly storm may work havoc. At
some points the owners have aban-
doned the shore and those who have
remained in the vicinity have been at
heavy cost to maintain their private
bulkheads although the encroach-
ments of the sea on the upper coast
of the State vary constantly, and there
is occasionally some increase of the
land, the tendency through the years
is in favor of the sea. A good deal
has been accomplished by the efforts
of the railroads and the local authori-
ties in using heavy piling with stone
filling, but old ocean is a masterful
gentleman and gets his own way
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