The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-09-21
LOCAL NEWS.

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The public schools held only mornin
sessions last week because Of the opprei
sive heat.
George d. WorreIl has purchased tn
Estilow tract ON the Mount Holly an
Jobstown road.
Rev. Joseph L. Surtees will officiate a
the funeral of Mrs. George Tweedy a
Camden this afternoon.
Deputy sheriff Joseph b. Fleetwood
has bought the Samuel j. Cramme
farm near Birmingham.
Irving S. Warner. of Riverhead, Lon,
Island. is now assisting county Y. M. C
A. secretary Robert E. Shoemaker.
Season tickets for the Mount Holly
Fair, good for one admission each day
are on sale at Dubell's drug store al
$1.25.
Frank L. Pratt, Jr., left yesterday fol
Upland, Indiana, where he will enter
Taylor University to prepare himself fol-
the ministry.
Announcement is made of the engage
ment Of Miss Christina N. Yoos, of the
Hainesport road, and Charles N. Nixon,
of Mount Holly.
Follow the crowd on the 9Th, 9Th, 7th
and 9th OF October and you will 90
straight to the ground of the Burlington
County Fair Association.
Letters for Mrs. Hettie King, Miss
Myrtle Beck. and Mrs. w. Trunk, re-
main unclaimed in the post Office for
the week ending September IS.
Real estate dealers Chas. r. Morrison
& Son are in charge of selling the bum
galows belonging to Harry V. Kester on
Ridgway street and Mount Holly avenue.
The home of Alfred Goodman, at
Feldsboro, was destroyed by fire on
Tuesday night when dog upset
lighted lamp during the absence of the
family.
The Great Mount Holly Fair opens on
October 9Th. Premiums for speed
amount to 5000. Over so special prem
iums. Fine program all the way
through.
Mrs E,;nor w craft w;do,v ~ rohn
Craft. n Rurlinoton and nootba, 80 Mrs
Lawrence Elberson. of Mount Holly,
died at her home in Burlington. on
Wednesday.
The Mount Holly suerooa Taooa
has changed it's time for holding meet.
inps and will, hereafter meet ~, Wodnas
day mornings at 10 o'clock. The next
meeting will be on September 20.
At the third ouarter,u copfarance ~
the Methodist church which WAS held
ON Thursday evening IT was unan;mops-
~ reouested that Rev Iosenb r, snrtaas
be returned as pastorfor another year.
Workmen excavating for the founda-
tions Of new bridge near Crosswicks
have struck large deposit Of sea shells
and sand fifteen feet below the surface.
One huge shell taken out weighed more
that twelve pounds.
County road supervisor Stewart M.
mcfarland has recently lost two valua-
BILE horses through their being attacked
and gored by vicious bull on his farm
near Unionville. The animals horns
have since been removed.
While former balloon ascensions AT
the Mount Holly Fair have been thrill
ing and interesting those on the bills
for the Fair to be held October 5th, 9Th,
7th and 9Th will Guido anything of the
kind ever attempted here.
The local business mems association
and the township committee have asked
the Burlington County Transit Com
pany to instruct its motormen to dim
the glazing headlights on their cars
while passing through Mount Holly.
The home Of Mrs Name c,;var be
tx,aer svLasv;lla and Iaoohston, ,,.s
dastrovad hv fire On Monaav even;na -
last waoL Tho origin 90 tha sra
known. Some OF the household goods
were saved. The loss is partly covered
by insurance.
Work was resumed, last week, in the
large building of the Rovle & Pilkinp-
ton factory. This building was not
damaged in the recent fire. The mower
plant. which was badly damaged was
repaired sufficiently to permit work
being resumed.
Frank A. Hendrickson, of Broad
street. who has been paralyzed below
the waist for several weeks, was removed
to Philadelphia sanitorium on Friday.
Some improvement in his condition has
taken place, and hopes are now enter
tanned of his complete recovery.
II friends interested in tho RurI;noton
Conntv Hosnital. who have no wau Of
sending or bringing the ca,ras thau w;sb
To donate for the cake sale at the dabI;a
show at Pemberton on Friday next, will
send word to Mrs. J. Howard Burr, at
Pemberton, she will have them called
for.
Mics E,;zohetb Rorr;,oton hoe hoan
an,orto;n;ng nnn,bar 80 o;r,s a.
waaL,s house Marty a. Rarneoat citv
The marty ;nc,,dad Misses Norma To.
senhson Of Maine m. Elizabeth /
pr;ckett Of cb;cayo. Grace cbadw;ck
~ Marblehead Mass F,orence clark
son of New yorlx. Maroaret p parsons