The Mount Holly news., 1914-07-21
LOCAL NEWS.

LOCAL NEWS.
Next Saturday will be Junior Me
chanics' day at Rancocas Park.
The Presbyterian Sunday school picni
will be held at Rancocas Park on Thurs
day.
The Armour Union will meet at the
home of Miss Emma Bates, Mill street
next Tuesday evening.
The Red Lion Sunday School viii
hold their annual picnic in Ridgway's
Grove, Wednesday, July y.
William Fl. Rossell, Mount Holly ave-
nue., received many congratulations
from many friends on Tuesday, his 95th
birthday.
On August lst suitable exercises will
be held in the Friends meeting house,
Medford, in commemoration of the erec-
ton of that building.
Postmaster John w. Davis, of Bur-
lington, turned the first spadeful of earth
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post office building in that city.
There will be installation of officers at
the meeting of Camp SO, P. o. S. of A.,
on Wednesday night, July p, to which
Camps II and 140 are cordially invited
A. A. Anderson, real estate dealer, re-
ports the sale of a 20 acre farm between
Medford and Red Lion from Henry p.
and Thomas B. Thorn to Ross w.
Quicksall.
Sarah Rubin, sister of Louis Rubin,
Mount Holly tailor, committed suicide
poison. She has been melancholy for
some time.
Morris HI. Keeler was brought home
on Saturday from Brielle, where he had
been taken in the hope that he would
improve in health. His condition is
very serious.
Miss Steelman, the visiting nurse, has
been called to her home at Ceilings
wood, ON account of the death of her
mother. Miss Steelman will be absent
the balance of the week.
John j. McDonel, of Riverside, has
been appointed member of the County
Board of Elections to succeed DR.. r. b.
Glasgow, who is candidate for Office
and therefore not qualified to serve
any longer.
The unclaimed letters that remain in |
the post office for the week ending July |
18th, are as follows: Mrs. Mary Ellen, |
Adam Hunter, VIM. Lynch, letters. |
Theo Donahoe, Eleanor Ochletree, pos
tails.
Charles Wadsworth Camp, who is
spending thesummer with his mother |
in Crosswicks, has a story entitled ''The
Desert Girl' in the August number of
McClure's magazine. Mr. Camp, who |
was formerly editor of the Metropolitan |
Magazine, now resides in New York.
The Ankokas Canoe Club will give a |
dance at Rancocas Park on Tuesday
night. July %, for the benefit of the
Fourth of July carnival fund. Tickets
may be secured from Simon Gillian,
w. c. Wetherill. Jack McIlroy, and
Benjamin E. Colkitt, the committee of
arrangements.
Three milch cows, condemned as
tubercular, were killed by state agents
recently on the farm of William Holtz,
near Marlton. Holtz claims that an
inspection after death showed the dag
nosis to have been erroneous, and he
wants heavier damages than those al
lowed by law.
Mrs. Avis b. Barnes of Waverly, Mass
a chusetts, announces the engagement
of her daughter, Miss Ruth Warren,
to George Jarvis Thompson, of Medford.
Mr.. Thompson is a graduate from the
University of Pennsylvania and the
Harvard Law School and we cannot re-
frain from stating that he also graduated
from the Mount Holly High School.
The huckleberry crop in Burlington
and Ocean counties is the largest for a
number of years. This is the principal
crop of the pine district and is of consid-
erably more importance than is gener-
ally supposed. Those acquainted with the
huckleberry picking industry say that
considerably more than 500, 900 will be
realized therefrom in the two counties
this season.
Charles D. Walters, of Wrightstown,
has been in a serious condition at a
Philadelphia hospital during the past
two weeks. He had been in the city and
was crossing Delaware Avenue on his
way to the ferry, when he was knocked
down by alarge motor truck. His legsI
were injured quite badly and though his
condition is improving, he is not able to
return home.
Army worms have invaded South Jer-
sey to certain extent, the principal
damage therefrom being confined to
lawns. Mount Holly has few lawns
that have received visits from these
pests but not much damage has been
done here. Sparrows and robins have
attacked the worms quite industriously
in this neighborhood. Spraying with
arsenate of lead is one of the remedies
for the worms determination.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Burlington County Tran
sit Company was held at Hainesport on
Tuesday. The following directors were
elected: Howard NJ. BOUCHER, Armitt II.
Coate, Charles Collins, NJ. b. Comfort;
Albert Haines, |. Snowden Haines,
John ID. johnson, Jr., Charles A. King,
Lydia NJ. Parry. The directors organiz-
ed by electing l. Snowden Haines, pres
ident; Albert Haines, vice president;
Armitt HI. Coate, secretary and treasur-
er.
The Knights of Pythias lodges of
Mount Holly, Burlington and Borden
town held their third annual picnic
at RancOcas Park on Saturday. The
feature of the athletic events was base |
ball game between clubs composed of |
members of the Mount Holly and bur
lington lodges. The latter won by the |
score of Z to 3. A loving cup, given as
trophy to the club winning three |
games, will remain in Burlington lodges |
custody for another year. That team |
has now won two games, having defeated |
Bordentown last year. Others athletic
events consisted of running and potato
races, jumping, etc.
Personal.
Stacy b. I4ippincott and wife are on