The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-03-23
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
LOCAL NEWS.


Sunday was the beginning Of Spring.
Armin volmar, of Hainesport. has re
moved to Mount Holly.
Oscar Ballinger has been appointed
postmaster at Crosswicks
Mrs. John w. Fisher, Of Galley avenue
died suddenly on Tuesday evening from
heart disease.
Pierre H. Stanton has resigned his Pc
sition with the Metropolitan Life Insur
snce Company.
The firm of Rogers & Boyd. millers
has been dissolved. Mr.. Rogers will con-
tinue the business.
Mr.. and Mrs. William 8. Fryer, O.
Mill street. gave an enjoyable bridge
party on Thursday evening.
Edward Phares, of Pine street, has
purchased from Edward Hack the canoe
formerly owned by H. I. Bride.
Frank K. Moen, of Mount Holly. and
Miss Hester K. Sharp, of Lumberton,
were married at Camden on March ID.
Harry v. Kester has sold bungalow
on Mount Holly avenue to Harry Har-
ker, who is connected with the Farmers
Exchange.
Mrs. George Edwards, of Hainesport,
is receiving treatment for blood poison
caused by an injury to her foot. She is
1T the Burlington County Hospital.
The junior class of the high school will
hold cake sale in the domestic science
room Of the high school building, Satur-
day. March 26, beginning at two o'clock.
Rev. Norman Van Pelt Lewis, rector
Of the Church of the Incarnation, Phil
adelphia. will preach at the Friday
night Lenten service in st. Andrews
church.
Gertrude, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
H. w. Deacon, of Hainesport, was oper-
ated upon at the Burlington County
Hospital last week for enlarged tonsils
and adenoids.
Mrs. Deborah Knox Livingston, OF
Bangor. Maine. who recently delivered
an address on woman suffrage in the
Methodist church here, received word Of
the illness Of her husband, q Baptist
minister. at Bangor, and had to cancel
her campaign in New Jersey and return
to her home.
The will Of Charles Hancock, deceased,
Of Mount Holly, has been probated. A
bequest Of 500 is made to Ollie Robin
son, who has been in the family for
some time, and the residue to his widow |
for life. At her death the estate is to be |
divided among his two brothers and a |
sister. The widow and Caleb Hancock |
are executors.
Word has been received in Mount
Holly Of the death of Mrs. May Mario,
which occurred in Washington, d. c.,
last week. Mrs. Mario was the young
est daughter of the late DR.. Benjamin
H. Stratton. and married portrait
painter who had studio here. He died.
and his widow had been living in Wash
ington for some time.
Two women Of Darlington, Camden
county, wanted the Public Service Gas
Company to extend its mains to their
houses, assuring the company of an an
nual rental of $26.74 from each house.
Evidently the corporation did not think
it had to comply with the request, for
the report comes that the Public Utility
Commission found that the request was
reasonable and that the extension of the
main would furnish sufficient business
to justify the construction and mainte-
nance of it.
Mount Holly Lodge of Moose has
elected officers as follows: Dictator, John
Keesey; vice dictator, Joseph Wolfrom;
prelate. John Garrett; treasurer. Walter
Il. Mason; secretary, George w. Dading;
inside guard. H. M. Simons; outside
guard, HI. C. Smith; trustees, William
b. Kumpf. DR.. John j. Flynn, John N.
Austin; representative to the Supreme
Convention, Robert Peacock. The lodge
has rented the two upper floors of the
Slack building. on Main street, and will
shortly remove there.
At the request OF many who were un-
able to gain admission to the Birming-
tainment was given, the show was re-
peated at Juliustown on Monday even
ing Of last week. and it was as great a
success as on the previous occasion. The
net proceeds were just one dollar more
than at Birmingham. The residents of
the neighborhood were very good and
used their automobiles in conveying to
and from the hall those who wished to
witness the entertainment.
The funeral Of Mrs. Bridget Murphy,
widow of Philip Murphy, occurred on
Tuesday. solemn requiem mass being
said at the Church of the Sacred Heart.
There was especially fine music, some of
it being rendered by quartette from
Philadelphia, the members of which |
had been in the habitof paying frequent
visits to Mrs. Murphy's home. Among
the priests who took part in the services
was Rev. P. ]. Hart. formerly connected |
with the church here. The funeral SER
mon was preached by Father Hart.
Two special feature moving picture en-
tertainments will be given at the Mount |
Holly theatre on next Monday and Tues |
day evenings, March 20 and 80, for the |
benefit of the new motor apparatus fund
Of Good Intent Fire Company. The pic
lures will be different each night. Ad-
mission will be ten cents, and tickets are
being sold by members of the company.
This is one of the methods adopted by
the company as means of raising funds
for the improvement of its fire fighting
equipment, and the sale OF tickets should
be very large.
Rev. DR.. ]. Morgan Read, a well-xnown
Methodist minister. died suddenly from
an attack of acute indigestion at his
home in New Brunswick last Tuesday
night. There was general regret among
the members of the Junior Order United
American Mechanics throughout Bur-
lington county and the state when word
was received of his death, as DIR. Read
was leader among the Juniors in all of
their state work. At the time Of his
death he was treasurer of the State
Council and of the Funeral Benefit As
ISOLATION. DR.. Read was of pleasing
personalitV and exerted a remarkable in