The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-06-08
Chautauqua week In Mount Holly
haoins navf Monday

that is now progressing rapidly.
;" AT meeting of the Board of Educa-
ton of this township Thursday evening,
u Miss Ella Johnson, of Hainesport, was
elected teacher for the Mary A. Dobbins
k school.
y Mount Holly and Unity Lodge OF Odd
Fellows paid visit to the lodge at Bur
le lington, Friday night, and had two can
E. didates initiated by the Burlington
t. team.
&c All Medford dogs have been ordered
y muzzled following information from the
1t State Board of Health that dog which
bit several other CANNES few days ago
it had rabies.
Herbert L. Townsend, of Childs' grocery
store, was seized with an attack of vertigo
yesterday morning, and was taken to his
Y home. He is reported to be somewhat
a Improved now.
An important and interesting meeting |
of the Burlington County Federation of
E Patriotic Fraternities will be held in the |
0. U. A. M. hall, Mount Holly, next
Monday evening.
: The Mount Holly High School Alum
nj Association will hold reception and
. dance in the school auditorium on Fri
day night. The affair will take the place
of the usual banquet.
The William F. Taubel Hosiery Com
Ipany, of Riverside, has leased big fac
tory building in Millville and will begin
Operations in four weeks. They will en-
lploy about 200 hands.
Children's day exercises will be held
in the Methodist church Sunday even
ing by the Bible school. The Baptist
and Presbyterian Bible schools will hold
their exercises Sunday merning.
Rancocas Grange, No. 131, p. of H.,
will have children's day exercises in
Rancocas hall on Saturday, June IL, at
2.30 p. m. All members and their fami-
lies are cordially invited to attend. II
Indications point to fair crop of '
potatoes in this section. The vines are
of excellent appearance and there is a
good set of potatoes. The finest field in
1 /
E. Logan. on the South Pemberton road. I
The graduating exercises of the Penn
berton high school will take place on 9
Friday night in the school auditorium Z
there. The address to the graduates will q
be delivered by DIR. Keives, of Saratoga J
Springs, N. Y. On Thursday afternoonI q
and evening there will be an exhibit of S
work done by the pupils of the Pember-
ton schools.
"Papa's Daughters" an operetta that il
was given two nights recently with much n
success by capable company of Bur- t
lington amateurs, in the Burlington Au- f
ditorium, for the benefit of the Endeavor c
fire company of that city, is to be re- Il
peated at the same theatre, Monday s.
night, June IA, for the benefit of the il
Burlington County Hospital. Popular e
prices will prevail and large attendance a
is looked for. el
Under the auspices of the State Board a.
of Agriculture day for the farmers of II
New Jersey will be held at the home of 81
the president, ]. s. Frelinghuysen, at
Raritan Valley Farms near Somer- m
vile, New Jersey, on Saturday, June 10. al
Addresses will be made by DR.. HI. w. n,
Collingwood, editor of the Rural Neao cl
Yorker, one of the ablest agricultural M
writers in the country; an official from v
the department of agriculture at Wash lal
ington. D. c., and Others. Iii
Next Sunday at the hour for morning h
worship will occur the annual children's N
day exercises of the Presbyterian Bible E
school, which promise to be the best yet v
held in that church. A feature which >
will greatly enhance the interest and
pleasure of these exercises this year will N
be the graduation exercises at the close s.
of the teacher training class pupils, who a,
have shown much proficiency in their tt
course of study under the supervision of wv
Miss Mary w. Budd. The work of this re
class has evoked commendation from W
the county and state officers recently b,
The wedding of Miss Elizabeth Rush Of
Cox, formerly of Mount Holly, and ]. 81
William HI. Pye, of Hartford, Conn, w
took place at st. Andrews church at q
noon on Saturday. The rector, Rev. IL
James Stoddard, DID,, officiated The ~
affair was conducted in simple man. u
ner, there being no bridesmaids, best "
man, or other attendants. The bride, "
carrying a bouquet of old-fashionedl
flowers, walked to the chancel with II
Charles Spencer, her cousin, who gave is
her away. After a wedding tour, the h,
couple will go to Mr.. Pyes handsome A
residence in Hartford. - "a
An unprecedented increase in the bust fo
ness of the State Motor Vehicle Depart Ell
ment is shown in statement issued by T
Commissioners William L. Dill on Satur- j
day. From January to the end of >
May ID, 247 examinations were given, of G
which IL 1852 were approved by the in c.
spectors and 1885 rejected. During the v
corresponding period last year examina- N
tons were 8543. For the first five c
months of this year 6S,1SO drivers +
licenses have been issued indicating that '
approximately 100000 licenses will be
issued for the year. Receipts of the de- G.
partment up to June l amounted to il
SIT, 700.58, while receipts for all of last il
year were only 1914, $500. o
Both Mount Holly base ball teams
lost on Saturday, but the two games
were closely contested and exceedingly I
interesting. The Browns played at home, 7
on the High street ground, with Wissa-
hickon. Both clubs played fast ball.
The visitors won-4 to 8. The Mount
Holly team went to Lumberton, and ran
up against stiff proposition, as the club
at that place plays snappy game, and
won by the score of 2 to /. Three new
players appeared on the Mount Holly
team-Beawdy at second, Foulks in Gen.
tire, and Pierce, pitcher-and they
strengthened the nine considerably.
Next Saturday Mount Holly will play 9
at home against White Hill, which is i
expected to be another close game. 1t
| The census enumerators are at work
and are meeting with objections from
various quarters. One woman was asked
where her residence was and she replied
| that she was living right where she was |