The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-07-07
Thursday night will be "strawriders
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Thursday night will be "strawriders
night" at Rancocas Park.
George G. Heisler caught five-pound
catfish down the creek yesterday.
The Baptist Sunday school picnic will
be held at Rancocas Park, Thursday
July 18th.
James Campbell, of the West Moores-
town railroad station, has been trans
ferred to Mount Holly.
Miss Ethel M. Burr, teacher of English
in the Mount Holly high school, has re-
signed to accept position elsewhere.
Gu Thursday. July 28rd, the annual
picnic of the Presbyterian Sunday
School will be held at Rancocas Park.
Miss Eleanor Merritt, who is i'll with
typhoid fever, is somewhat improved.
Howard, son of jeremiah II. Deacon is
also suffering from that disease.
On July 4, at Camden, Ellsworth E.
Branin and Miss Anna Slimm, both of
Mount Holly, were united in marriage.
The will make their home in Mount
Holly.
A large, new flag was unfurled on Sat
urday, on the pole recently erected at
Relief Fire Company's engine house.
Appropriate music was furnished by the
company's fife and drum corps.
Atlee Donaghy, second baseman of the
Mount Holly base ball club, will be out
of the game for week or two, due to an
injured wrist, sustained by backfire
while cranking an automobile last week.
Charles III. Folwell, Jr., is employed
for the summer months as one of the as
sistants of Henry J. Sherman, chief en-
gineer of the inland waterway project on
Barnegat bay.
On Friday evening at the Methodist
parsonage by Rev. t. ]. ]. Wright, oc-
Cured the marriage of William E.
Bridge, of Hainesport, to Miss Matte
Filler, of Mount Holly. They will reside
at Hainesport.
America Fire Company is considering |
proposition to purchase combination
auto hose truck and chemical. engine to
cost about $4,000. The outfit comprises
room for 1000 feet of hose, has two 35-
gallon chemical tanks, and space for
seven firemen and their outfits.
The wedding of Miss M. Regis Smith
and Theodore Hetzler took place last
evening at the home of the BRIDES
parents, Captain and Mrs. Elton A.
Smith, at Smithville. Rev. p. ]. Hart,
rector of the Sacred Heart church, Mount
Holly. officiated. 1t was quite affair,
only relatives being present. The groom
is vice president of the Fifth Avenue
National bank, New York.
The body of the aged man found in
Crosswicks creek, near Bordentown, on
Sunday morning, still lies unidentified
at Clifford p. Taylor's morgue, Trenton.
On the mans arm are the tatooed in
itials 81. H." He also has old scars ON
both cheeks. The man was about 5 feet
inches tall, had gray hair, blue eyes
and smooth face; wore blue shirt,
gray trousers, heavy tan shoes, dark
coat and brown felt hat. The body
was found by Ira Lewis, employed in the
canal Office at the Bordentown lock, and
some boatmen. Coroner Bower had the
remains brought to this city.
Nelson b. Gaskill appeared before the
State Board of Health, on Tuesday, and
made a formal complaint relative to con
iitions along the beach in the vicinity
If Seaside Park. The operation Of pound
net fishermen in dumping the fish which
hey do not want, along the shore, Mr..
3askill said, had produced an intolera-
Die nuisance. These fish, which are
thrown into the water, are washed ashore
with an easterly wind, causing odors of a
most obnoxious character. Mr.. Gaskill
was assured that the pound fishermen
would be ordered to discontinue the prac-
ice, and that in the event of failure to
10 so the attorney general would be
asked to take action.