The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-10-19
LOCAL NEWS.


Kumpf, of Vincentown, and Frederic 1
Clark, of Smithyille
William B. Wills, editor of the Herdl,
who has been quite sick for sever
weeks, was taken to the Burlingto
County Hospital on Friday.
The four-year-old daughter of Mr.. an
Mrs. Samuel Clapper. of Pine street, fe
from their front porch on Sunday morr
ing and broke her collar bone.
There will be meeting of the Boar
of Directors of the local Y NJ C. A. o
Tuesday evening, the 18th, at the bungs
low. A full attendance is desired.
Three cases OF diphtheria developed a
Juliustown last week. The victims ar
two children of Mrs George McElver
and the daughter of Frank Kelvey.
The Mount Holly Grammar schoo
foot ball team iourneyed to Medfort
Saturday afternoon and defeated ths
Grammar school team at that place. Il
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The profits of the lunch counter con
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Mount Holly fair, amounted to $40, and
that sum has been applied to the visit
ing nurse fund.
A. A. Anderson reports the sale of the
l42-acre farm on the Burr road. belong
ing to Samuel Rogers, of Paterson, to
DIR. James Buck, of Philadelphia, and
George Lippincott,
Harry C. Allen. the Medford contrac-
tor. died at Hahnemann hospital. Phila.
delphia, Saturday, from the injuries he
received by falling from a building at
ChambeE' corner.
John B. Herbert has been elected re-
cording secretary of Mount Holly and
Unity Lodge of Odd Fellows, vice Henry
c. Buckley, deceased. Mr.. Buckley had
held the position since 1888.
Mount Holly defeated Afdmore in an
interesting game of foot ball on Satur-
day. The score was % to O. The Mount
Holly boys worked the forward pass sue
cessfully several times, making consider
able gains thereby.
The thirty-eighth an nual convention
Of the Burlington County Sunday
School Association will be held at Grange
Hall, Columbus, on Thursday of next
week. Sessions will be held morning,
afternoon and evening.
Norman F. Lynn left for Boston, on
Thursday, where he will be employed as
salesman for the Library Bureau,
corporation that manufactures and in
stalls fling devices and systems for the
proper conduct Of business concerns.
William H. Stillwell has been elected
financial secretary of Washington Camp
No. II, p. o. S. Of A., owing to. the
resignation of Claude B. Bullock. Mr..
Stillwell resigned as trustee, and Eugene
B. Bates has been elected to that vacancy.
A lecture. My Native Country West
ward Bound, illustrated by the Radi-
optican, will be given by Mrs. South
wick, in the Presbyterian church, on
Thursday evening, for the benefit of the
Sunday school piano fund. An admis
sion of ten cents will be charged.
The deed for the transfer of the Johh
Woolman property on Branch street
from John Grady to an organization of
Friends represented by Amelia Mott
Gummere, of Haverford, Pa, was signed
last week. A caretaker will be installed
and the property carefully preserved.
The trial OF Clifford r. Powell, John
B. Dolan and Charles G. Jones. indicted
in Philadelphia for assault on Francis
Tracey Tobin, was scheduled for last
Thursday. but was postponed to some
future time at the request of their coun-
sci. Harry s. McDevitt, who was en-
gagged in another court.
of Paul Hermstaedt of Riverside, and
Miss Leona Woodington, of Deacon's
Station, took place at the Floyd farm
on the Burlington road. Friends from
distant points were to wish the young
couple Godspeed. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. Joseph L. Surtees.
Charles P. Rogers, aged IA years. a life
long resident of Mount Holly, died at
his home on Water street Friday morn
ing after a lingering illness. At one
he was overseer of the poor Of this
; township, and he was sexton of the
Presbyterian church for several years
until his health compelled him to retire.
His funeral took place yesterday after
noon.
Harry Stevens, carpenter employed
by Robert M. Gould, OF Columbus, was
painfully injured Tuesday morning
while at work on the building recently
damaged by fire at Harold Horrors
nursery A falling piece of slate from
the roof cut off the tip of his nose and
SO badly gashed his lip that he was
taken to the Burlington County Hospi
tai for treatment, where several stitches
were taken in his lip.
Special meetings began in the Method
list church last night and will continue
each evening this week. On Thursday
an all-day group meeting will be held
under the direction of Rev. M. Z. Sny-
der, district superintendent. The pastors
and members of the Methodist churches
of the surrounding towns are expected to
he present. Tie speakers for the day
will be, morning, DIR. Joshua Randall,
Rev. H. J. Root afternoon, DIR. Randall,
Rev. Harry Blake, Rev. t. j. ]. Wright;
evening, DIR. John G. Wilson, of Phila-
,delphia.
There will be a big time at the meet
ing of Washington Camp No. II, p. o.
s.. of A., on Thursday evening. The
membership campaign which was re-
Gently waged by the selection of two
teams resulted in adding 125. new MEM
bers to the order. The teams, with the
assistance of the lodge, will serve a ban
auet on Thursday night in honor of the
members who joined during the cam
paign. That the affair will be done up
in fine shape is needless to state to those
who know that the local P. o. 6. of A,
know how to do things.
An interesting wedding took place al
Red Bank on Thursday. The bride was
the third daughter of Thomas G. Shreve
of Hedding, a man of strong influences
for good throughout Burlington county
The bridegroom, J. N. Beers, is pros
porous merchant of Red Bank. TIL
Rev. Joseph l.. Surtees, pastor of tn
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