The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-06-08
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY. JUNE 8, 1915
LOCAL NEWS.


Mrs. Harley Shemeley, of Pine stre'
died suddenly Tuesday night.
st. Andrews Sunday school begs
Its morning sessions on Sunday.
Pierre HI. Stanton will be chief Gle
at Miss Ella H. Lundy's Atlantic CT
hotel, the ''Nellundy," this season.
s. Orland Alcott is now occupying IL
Jamison property on Garden street, r
Gently vacated by Harvey E. Lippincot
The Presbyterian Sunday school picn
will be held at Rancocas Park on Jul
18th. The Baptist picnic will be held
the same place on July %.
A blight has affected some of the fru
trees in this section to limited exten
The disease is said to be the fire blight,
which is difficult to combat.
Z. M. Comfort, of Masonville, recent
sold twenty-four hampers of radishes, i
return for which he received check fc
~ cents from the commission merchant
Mrs. c. Morgan Lippincott died at tn
nome OF her son, Stacy B. Lippincott
on Main street, ON Thursday morning
after long illness. She was eighty
eight years of age.
The Hollyford Ice and Cold Storag
Company has purchased Mrs. John w
Archer's property next to the railroad OF
Water street, which will give Waite
street entrance to the plant.
Harry g. Claypoole is the new mana
ger of the Mill street hotel, Elwood T
Kirby, who has been acting in tina
capacity, having entered the employ O
the Burlington County Shoe Company
A reception will be rendered to Rev
Adoiphus Miller. the newly appointed
pastor of Mt. Moriah A. M. E. church
on June II. in Mt. Moriah hall. An adj
mission fee Of 25 cents will be charged
An impressive service was witnessed
at the Methodist church on Sunday
morning before large congregation, al
which time 10 persons were baptised and
20 received into full membership and 9
by letter.
Mount Holly young men who will
graduate from college this month are:
Harold HI. Budd, Dartmouth college;
Jay b. Tomlinson, Amherst; Stanwood
Melcher, Bowdoin; Lawrence G. Gillian,
Rutgers.
An erroneous report has gained cir
culation that there will be seats reserved
at the Chautauqua entertainment next
week. Such is not the case. All patrons
will be treated alike and there will be no
extra charge for seats.
Announcement has been made of the
marriage of Miss Marcella Oatman, of
Smithville, and Carroll Carly, of Bustle-
ton, which took place at Lumberton on
May l, Rev. w. E. Zimmerman per
forming the ceremony.
Elvin Norcross was committed to Jail
last week, in default of $500 bail, for as
saulting Frank L. Plat, the result of
drunken quarrel on Water street. Plat
also claims that after the spree he missed
$22 that he had in his pocket.
Miss Mabel E. Myers, of Hume street,
and Edgar FIenard, of Pine street, were
married on Wednesday evening at the
Presbyterian manse by Rev. Frank
Willcock. They are residing in their
newly furnished home on Church street.
Unclaimed mail remains at the post
Office for the following: HI. Armstrong,
ID. L. Curtis, Harmon F. Hymn, Phillip
F. Lee. Mrs. VIM. A. Rogers, Mrs. w.
H. Wright, Miss Jennie Fatt, ]. H.
Colkitt, Miss Abbie Brown, II. M. Plan
ninger.
Next Monday will be flag day, and il
Is requested that the residents of the
town display their flags on that day.
From June IA to 20, inclusive, will be
Chautauqua week and it is also asked
that the flags be allowed to hang out
during the entire well.
The local board of health gives notice
in another column that dealers in arti-
cles of food who expose the same for sale
must properly screen and protect their
wares from flies or other contamination.
The state board of health has issued cir
culars calling attention to the law on |
this subject.
On Thursday Francis c. Dalton went |
to Jersey City, where he attended the |
annual meeting of the New Jersey De
tective and Police Agency. of which he
is member. Each member of the
above named association has constable
and police power, and may act as such
in any part of the state.
George H. Eldridge, of Camden, and
Miss Mary Wilson, of Pennsville, motored
to Mount Holly on Sunday. They called
at the Methodist parsonage and were
united in marriage by Rev. Joseph L.
Surtees. They were accompanied by the
brides parents. After the ceremony
they returned to the groom home where
wedding breakfast was awaiting them
Before the work of putting on the roof
of the base ball grand stand had been
completed, a pair of robins built nest
on one of the rafters, and in few days
the mother bird was Matching setting
of eggs When the workmen were plac-
ing tar paper covering on the roof,
about week later, the robin remained
on its nest despite the noise and presence
of the men. Every effort was made to
disturb the bird as little as possible.
The commencement exercise of the
Mount Holly high school will take place
in the school Auditorium on Thursday
night. The graduates, % in number,
are as follows: Latin scientific course
-Harman E. Baugh, Margaret E. Fern
walt, John w. Haines, Helen E. Heyer,
Verna L. knight, Mary E. Prickitt,
Maud A. Smith; English and modern
language course-Virginia z. Crammer,
Celeste F. Crippen, Anna Nj. Gsell,
Christine d. Hatcher, Melcour r.
Lippincott, Lillian Mintzer, Bertha H.
Swain, Martie r. Tilton; commercial
course-Almeta Bowen, Harvey f. Eells,
Grace s. Fryer, Russell Oatman,
Reuben c. Shinn, Marion Z. Townsend,
Howard M. West. The baccalaureate
sermon to the graduates was delivered
by Rev. Frank Wilcox at the Presby-
terrain church on Sunday evening.
There is some grumbling over the
automobile law passed by the last legis
lature, but that does not change the fact