The Penn's Grove record., 1915-11-26
HAPPENINGS ABOUT HOME
What Is Occurring And Being Talked
About In The Borough and Township

Building operations continue to be on
the Iush.
Two new switches have been laid in
the railroad yard.
Tie interior of Emmanuel Church is
being painted a light color.
Frank j. Gayenta's new double house
on South Broad street at Sack Avenue lie
Enclosed.
Capt. John Emering is commander of
the ferry boat Arctic, succeeding Capt.
VIM Ryan, resigned.
The ferry boat Peerless has been run
ming this week while tile Arctic is being
overhauled.
w. j. Raymond has opened an %electri-
cal store in Matthew MitchelPs building
on Broad Street.
Thanksgiving turkeys were few on the
roost and that was on a high price, from
% to 30 cents a pound.
Wm. j. HARRISON from Wildwood has
his bazaar store on South Broad Street
filed with useful articles.
Most business places were closed on
Thursday and the employers and EN-
ployees fled from the town.
Six carloads of men left for their
homes at 9.15 and 265 at 1890 a. m. on
an extra train on Thanksgiving day.
The Senior Glass of the High School
will hold a Bazaar in Odd Fellows Hall
on Saturday afternoon and evening
December II.
The Penns Grove Water Company is
driving additional wells at the pumping
station at ~Perkintown mill pond at the
head of Beaver Creek.
After two frosty mornings a dense fog
prevailed this Friday morning and him
dered the arrival OF ferry boats from
Wilmington with workmen.
To hasten the sale OF tickets to the
hundreds who leave on Saturdays, and
holidays, q box Office has been erected
at the side OF the station house.
Winter chill has been in the air this
week. On Tuesday morning the tenn
perature was down to freezing and ice
was formed as thick as window glass.
The Denny Line will begin a winter
schedule Of trips to Philadelphia on
December LIST. Will leave Denny's
wharf at 4 p. III. Arch Street wharf at
1913 a. NJ, daily except Sunday.
Shade trees have been set inside the
fence line between the houses at dupont
permanent village. This is an example
tor Penns Grove citizens. More shade
trees will b~eautify the Borough.
Ar informal foot ball game between
high school scholars and others at the
Cove made the only entertainment
Thanksgiving afternoon. Penns Grove
does not have a ground large enough nor
suitable for base ball nor football.
James Workman, who recently pur-
chased the Abbie Kidd property, corner
of Main and Broad Streets, of Matthew
Mitchell, is planning to have a play
house erected with two entrances, one on
Broad Street, the other OH Main Street.
While the attendance of the Taber-
nacle meetings have been small, %evangel-
list Walter Z. Hoffman is not discouraged.
About 40 have hit the sawdust trail. By
faith and continued efforts he and his
co-workers hope to leave a lasting i'm.
preston OH Penns Grove.
lie executive committee Vi Tile Inter
State milk shippers Association has fixed
the wholesale price of milk at 5 cents a
quart. The retail price in Penns Grove
is s cents. Milk at 8 cents a quart has
the same food value as butter at So cents
a pound, beef at 20 cents a pound and
potatoes at so cents a bushel.
Hand colored pictures, fifty cents up.
Yerger's, Wilmington.
Dyspepsia aud Indigestion, get rid of
these ailments, take Porters Stomach
Remedy, sold at Robbins drug stors.
Some of the operating departments and
some OF the construction work was stop
ped at the Powder Works on T~hanksgiv-
ing day. Hundreds of men went home
and elsewhere by train and boat as they
usually do when an opportunity allows
them to get away from the mental and
physical grind.