The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-02-16
MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1915
LOCAL NEWS.
Lent begins tomorrow.


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Lent begins tomorrow.
Company E will undergo its annua
inspection on March s.
Joshua NJ. Reeve, painter by trade
died on Sunday from pneumonia, after
few days illness.
Miss Mary Lippincott, who teaches q
the New Lisbon school, is confined Il
her home in Mount Holly by rheuma
tism.
Miss Helen M. Brushwood, of Vim
centown, and Lafayette r. Lichetti, o
Philadelphia, were married in the latte
city on Wednesday.
The Samuel N. Lamb farm, neal
Medford consisting of 81 acres. was sole
at public sale, last week, to William J.
Mccoy at $64 per acre.
The senior class of the Mount Holly
high school will give a three-act play,
AT the End Of the Rainbow" in the
auditorium OF February Is.
Sammel G.. Stradling fell dead at his
boarding place on Ridgway street early
Thursday morning. For many years he
had been coachman for Mrs. Oliver l..
Jeffrey.
Albert, son of Hills K. Colkitt, OF
V~incentown, died at the Methodist hos
pital. Philadelphia, on Thursday, from
heart trouble and other complications.
He was % years old.
Walter H. Mason has sold his house
on Mill street to Samuel C. Stanton,
and has bought from George d. Worrell
the east half Of the double dwelling on
Union street, neal Buttonwood.
There will be a meeting for men at
the Mount Holly opera house next Sum
day afternoon at four o'clock, to be adj
dressed by Rev. James H. Terry.
Subject, Excuses" All men invited.
Good Intent Fire Company has APP
pointed a committee to solicit funds for
the purchase of new fire apparatus Of the
automobile type. Morris X. Perinchief
is chairman and Walter /. Dill, treasurer,
OF the committee.
The Baptist Young Peoples Union
held . social in the lecture room of the
Baptist Church on Tuesday night, which
was attended by a large number of per-
sons. Nearly a hundred members from
Burlington we're present.
William s. Rendell had one of his legs
painfully injured by the upsetting of a
sleigh, last week, in Westfield, Mass.
Fortunately no bones were broken. The
upset . caused by one Of the sleigh
runners getting caught in q trolley
track.
The various lodges which meet in Red
Mems hall have been compelled to seek
other quarters while repairs are being
made to the building. The knights of
Pythias are meeting in America hose
house, and the Junior Mechanics in the
Mirror building.
The Brotherhood Bible class of the
Methodist Sunday school will hold a
Washington social in the church next
Monday evening. An interesting pro-
gramme is being arranged for the oc-
casion. All members are urged to be
present and bring other men with them.
Rev. Paul Matthews. D. D., the new
Bishop Of the Diocese Of New Jersey, oc- |
cupied the pulpit Of st. Andrews
Church, on Tuesday, preaching the ser
nor at . meeting Of the ~convocation of
Burlington. A large number of persons
were present to listen to the new Bishop,
who made a very favorable impression.
The musical comedy entitled "a Vir-
gilman Romance" was presented at st.
Mary's hall on Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings by members of the Sacred
Heart church and the performances
were highly creditable. The production
was under the direction of Mrs. ]. Harry
Halt. Owing to the many requests it
will be repeated this evening at 8o'clock.
General admission rs cents.
The Boa I'd of Public Utility Commits
sioners has ordered suspended until
April 10 the proposed increases in rates
by the Pemberton & Hightstown Rail
road Company. The railroad proposed
to make the new rates effective Febru-
airy l. The utility board has ordered a
hearing for February % to determine
the reasonableness of the proposed new
rates. Richard w. Wills, secretary of
the Mount Holly Fair Association, en-
tered protest to the action of the railroad.
The Z%urbrugg hospital at Riverside
was formally opened on Friday, and the
programme carried u as published in
these columns last week. A large crowd
of guests was present. The building
has accommodations for twelve patients
and an isolation house for contagious
diseases. The directors of the hospital
are Mrs. T. Zurbrugg, president; August
Zurbrugg, vice-president; John Mueller,
secretary-treasurer; former Judge John
G. Horner, solicitor, and DIR. Alexander
III. Small.
THE News, last week, contained an
item with reference to persons who some
times takes a paper for a long time
without paying the subscription price
and then suddenly discovering they
never ordered the paper and refuse to
pay the just debt. The first response
came from q subscriber who did not owe
much. He said 1.-THE article was well
put and after reading one quite natural
ly chances to see if ones own subscrip-
ton is expired. Finally find enclosed a
check for another year. THE News has
become q habit and its weekly items
nicely keep one informed in the doings
of his home town."
Eight hours sleep, eight hours of work
and eight hours of recreation is a good
recipe for the average man and woman.
This may vary more or less, according to
strength, nerves and occupation. When
you feel wor out, drop every other con-
sideration and try to r~e-estahlish normal
rest. Though the causes and needs Of
sleep are still somewhat a mystery. we
know that the activity Of the brain cells
is reduced. They are occupied in taking
nourishment from the blood. Better
results are had when the head rests low
and the windows are wide open, giving
plenty Of oxygen to the lungs. This
creates a new supply of energy for the
uakino and workinr hours