The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-04-06
LOCAL NEWS.

LOCAL NEWS.
CLAYTON Estilow, mail carrier, is ser
iously i'll with pleuro-pneumonia.
Albert Sleeper, of the Herald force, il
confined to the house with quinsy.
Mark johnson is now in charge of tbs
Union News stand at the railroad station
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace K. McIlvain are
occupying their new residence on High
street.
The Chiclet Club will hold its annual
spring dance in the Masonic Temple to
night.
The Misses Ancker are occupying one
of DR.. H. Eugenia Whitehead's apart
ments on High street.
Elton g. Orcutt died on Tuesday Of
pneumonia at his home on Bispham
street, in his 18th year.
The local lodge of Knights of Pythias
will make visit to Excelsior lodge Of
Philadelphia. tonight.
W.. Jones discontinued his automo-
bile hack service from Mount Holly to
SmithvilIe and Vincentown on Saturday
night.
Walter C.. Anderson, Jr., of Church
street, was confined to his bed last week
with an abscess on the heel of his right
foot.
Announcement is made OF the en-
Ragement of Miss Hazel II. Herbert and
Arthur J. Atkinson, both OF Mount
Holly.
The annual meeting of the board of
directors OF the local Y. M. G. A. will be
held this evening in the county Office in
Masonic Temple.
The next regular meeting of the w.
C. T. U. viii be held in the g. A. r.
Post rooms, on Tuesday afternoon, April
9th, at three o'clock.
Mrs. Thomas w. Nippins, of Pine
street, Is seriously Ill with pneumonia.
1t was enormously reported yesterday
that her death had occurred.
H. A. Stiles, the optician, writes that
he will not be able to be in Mount Holly
tomorrow, but that his next visit will
be on Wednesday, April %.
The denatured alcohol plant at Bur
hugton, was put up for sale on Thurs
day, but not sold. 1t is not in operation
and the future of the property is un-
known.
Esther G. Peters, widow Of Charles J.
Peters. formerly Of Mount Holly, died at
Camden on Friday, in her 18th year.
Her remains were buried in the Brother
hood cemetery yesterday afternoon.
George W. Cardwell, who was struck
by an automobile at the corner of High
and Garden streets on March %, died at
the Burlington county hospital, on Fri
day, from injuries received in the acct
dent.
Rev. Joseph L. Surtees was one of the |
pail bearers ct the funeral of Rev. DR.. |
Sanford M. Nichols, former superintend-
emit OF Camden district of the M. e. |
church, which took place in Camden |
Saturday afternoon.
Harry c. Ballinger, who leaped from !
the third-story window of his boarding |
house on Mill street recently while tenn
porarily deranged, died at the Burling
ton County Hospital early Tuesday
morning from his injuries.
The first quarterly conference Of the
Mount Holly Methodist church will be
held on Thursday evening. Rev. M. E.
Snyder, superintendent of Trenton dis
trict. will preside. Mr.. Snyder succeeds
the late Rev. Percy Perinchief.
Operations were performed at the Bur-
lington county hospital last week on
Grace and James, children of A. r. Bed
well. and Margaret, daughter of w. Ro-
land Warrick, for adenoids and tonsilitis.
The operations were all successful.
The primary department. of the Baptist
Sunday School will hold sale of home
made bread. cakes and pies on Saturday, /
April 18th, at P. NJ, in the Y. M. c. A.
office, second floor of the Temple build
ing. Proceeds for the Baptist parsonage
fund.
1. Biddle Black, who lives near Dor
dentown, has given up farming, and the
place will be run in the future by his
son. William. Mr.. Black has purchased
the Tomlinson property out Garden
street. for $500, and will make his
home there.
The large. new high school building at
Moorestown will be dedicated on Thurs
day. In the afternoon an address will
be delivered by Calvin N. Kendall, COM
missioner Of education. and in the even
ing the principal speaker will be ex-gov-
ernor Edward C. Stokes.
One Of the quickest pieces of work on
record is that connected with shipment
Of bulbs to Harold Hornor. He received
letter from Holland one morning last
week that the bulbs had been shipped,
and that same evening he got the box
from the railroad station.
The marriage of Miss Viola E. Gale, of
White street, and Ridgway Challender.
OF Trenton, took place at the Methodist |
parsonage on Saturday evening. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. Joseph |
L. 6urtees. They will occupy newly |
furnished home in Trenton.
Thornton C. Stockton and Miss Edna
p. Moen were married at the Methodist /
parsonage on Wednesday evening. The
attendants were Ole Moen. brother of
the bride, and Miss Hazel Phares, of /
Bristol, Pa. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. Joseph L. Surtees. The
bride and groom spent the Easter season
at Atlantic City.
Henry Fenimore died at his home in |
Camden on Thursday from pneumonia |
Grief over his death contributed to the |
death Of his wife, Mary Fenimore, which |
occurred early Friday morning. Both
husband and wife were in their 18th
year. They formerly resided at EVAN
vile. Mr.. and Mrs. Fenimore were
buried together in Mount Holly yester-
day.
In response to an appeal from Bridge
boro, on Tuesday afternoon, the auto
chemical of America Fire Company was
sent to that town and did good work to-
ward saving the hotel property there be-
fore the arrival of the Hope steamer
from Burlington. after which their SER
vices were not needed. The run from
Mount Holly was made in twenty-five
minutes by way Of Hartford.
Easter was we'll observed in the local
churches on Sunday with music by the
choirs and special Easter sermons by the
pastors. The floral decorations were very
beautiful which were distributed to the