The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-05-04

II Dancing at Rancocas Park will oper
Saturday night. The park will be il
l. full operation on and after May %.
al Thomas J. Gaskill, of New Gretna
has been named by Governor Fielder al
n a member of the recognized oyste
q commission.
l. Miss Dorothy ]. Crippen, of Mount
Holly, was operated on for appendicitis
a at the Burlington County Hospital or
n Friday. She is recovering satisfactorily
C Isaac Wilson, the Quaker evangelist
will hold meeting at Arney's Mount
next Sunday at 8 P. M. All are vel
: come, and good attendance is desired
: A motion picture show will be given
next Tuesday evening in the Mount
Holly theatre for the benefit of the
= Senior class of the Mount Holly High
school.
Benjamin s. Teale, who lives on the
road to Hainesport, is seriously i'll and it
is feared he will not recover. He had an
attack Of grip, followed by pneumonia,
and he is now in an exhausted condi-
ton and has weak heart.
Alexander Kidd of Maple Shade, was
taken to the Burlington County Hospi-
tai last week, suffering from appendicitis
in an advanced stage and other troubles
An operation failed to save the mans
life and he died on Sunday.
Irving c. GaskilI, the genial salesman
at Schuyler & Rogers clothing store,
went to Trenton this morning on an i'm
portant GRAND, namely, to get married.
The young ladys name is Miss Mary
Leisch, resident of that city.
Samuel Culver, recently arrested for
stealing iewelry from Mrs. Melvina
INippins, and was released on parole by
Judge .Lippincott, last Thursday, was
arrested this morning for breaking the
terms of the parole and is now in jail.
C. B. Wollner, who conducts meat
market next to THE NEWS Office, has
rented the store corner of Washington
street and Madison avenue and will open
q branch store in about two weeks after he
has made the necessary repairs to the
building.
| While doing some work at the resi-
dence of DR.. Flynn, on Cherry street,
Thursday afternoon, Jacob Claypoole
fell considerable distance to the ground
when scaffold board slipped. He is in
serious condition, both legs being para
lyzed, and it is feared that his spine is |
injured.
The mems Bible class of the M. E. |
Sunday school will attend the morning |
preaching service at the Methodist |
church next Sunday in body in honor
of Mothers day, at which time the
pastor, Rev. Joseph L. Surtees, will |
preach special Mothers day sermon on
the theme, Memories of Other Days"
On Friday morning about half-past
six o'clock, Mrs. Josephine Heayn, near
Juliustown, began to iron, using an oil
stove. The oil became ignited and the
burning stuff ran swiftly over the cloth
ing of Mrs. Heayn. Before she could
get aid she was burned SO terribly that
death ensued. 1t was with some effort
that the house was saved.
The Burlington County Dahlia Society
will hold meeting at the home of the
president, Mrs. A. Rosbach, Pemberton,
on Tuesday afternoon next, at els
o'clock, for the purpose of voting on the
question of which town the next annual
show shall be held. Any town in Bur-
lington county is eligible for this dis
tinction. The annual fee for member
ship is rs cents. The officers hope for a
good attendance of the present members
and new applications for membership
will be welcomed.
Stationer L. s. Boyce has been dis
playing q number of interesting and
unique nature photographs, taken by
Howard Middleton, of Hainesport An
Eastman camera was used and the mega
tive enlarged. The photographs include
squirrels, opossums, field mice, owls
rabbits. hawk attacking a chicken,
and many others. Some of the pictures
were taken by flash light, the camera ,
being cleverly concealed and the animal ,
itself working the mechanism by touch t
ing string. Mr.. Middleton spent three |
days in getting some of the views. Sew K
eral of these photographs have appeared i
in the Philadelphia Ledger and num-
Der purchased by out-of-door magazines. 9
Last January strange woman made
purchases at Krupnick's store amount
ing to $12. She rendered a check for
$14.5O, endorsed "John Black" She re-
ceived the balance in change and took the
goods. The woman signed the name of
Mrs. E. Dolan. The check turned out to
be a forgery. On Saturday, girl who ac- I
companied the woman at the time the
purchases were made. again entered the
same store and was recognized by Mrs.
Krupnick, who sent for officers. When
questioned by Detective Parker and {
Deputy Sheriff Fleetwood, the girl stated
that the woman who masqueraded as
Mrs. Dolan was Elmira Allen, of Med
ford. A warrant has been issued for the
arrest of the Allen woman.
Those interested in the work of our
schools, and everybody ought to be,
should go to the High school building
tomorrow afternoon at $3.50 and aid the
Woman's League in organizing Par
ent-Teachers' Association. Several of
these societies are already in existence
in this county and they are doing much
good. The idea is to get the parents and
teachers closer together in school work
and instead of having SO much criticism
much of it undeserved-to discover
where the fault, if any, lies. 1t is not
meant that this shall be meeting fol
fault finding, but rather one where the
methods and customs of the school NAV
be discussed between parents and teach
ers with the ultimate result of better
understanding on both sides.
The survivors of the 23d New Jersey
Volunteers held their annual reunion in
the hall Of Post 26, Ct. A. R., yesterday
and there was larger attendance than
has been seen for some time, II members
sitting down-to the dining table in the |
M. Z. church, where lunch was served |
At the business meeting the proposition |
| to erect a monument to the memory of |
Gen. E. B. Grubb was taken up and |
John p. Jones, of Marlton; David E. |
Sooy, of Mount Holly; and Cunningham |
Harris, of Delanco, were appointed a |
committee to look after the details. |
Among those who spoke to the old
soldiers were Rev. William L. Abbott, |