The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-04-13
HE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY. APRIL 10, 1916
LOCAL NEWS.

w. A. Jones sold seven Ford auton
biles last week.
Restore Lippincott, the house paint
died on Wednesday from pneumonl
after an illness of about three days.
Announcement is made of the e
gagement OF James Clapper and Mi
Bertha Shinn, both of Mount Holly.
This is Chautauqua week at Burlin
ton. The events are being held in the l
modelled Birch opera house.
The Burlington County Bar will gil
. dinner in honor of Judge Kalisch,
the Elks' Home, ON Monday evenin
April %.
The hotel property at Unionville hi
been purchased by Lewis H. Chamber
who will occupy it after some improv
ments are made.
Harry Hassan, of Philadelphia, hs
moved his family to Mount Holly and
occupying Mrs. B. w. Zelley's propert
on Cherry street.
The Delware Riyer League base bal
season will open on Saturday, May Isl
when there will be games at Burlington
Roebling and Morrisville.
A chicken supper will be given In tn
Masonic Temple. on Thursday evening
by three ladies' Bible classes OF tn
Methodist Sunday school.
The fire department of Marlton ha
purchased the chemical engine of thu
Palmyra department, the latter intend
ing to install q motor truck.
Thomas L. Assay, aged q years, for
merly Of Mount Holly, died at his hom'
In Burlington ON Wednesday. He wa,
q member of Mount Holly Lodge O
Moose.
Miss Maze r. Callahan, Of the high
school teaching staff. was confined to tht
house by illness several days last week
Miss Eastburn, OF Philadelphia, acted a.
her substitute.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Howard Clarke, oil
Haddonfield, are being congratulated on
the birth Of . son, on March Is. Mrs.
Clarke was formerly Miss Martha Engle,
near Hainesport.
Frank Burk, of Trenton, was visitor
here on Thursday. Mr.. Burk lived in
Mount Holly in 1910. He could recog-
nize no familiar places or persons after
the lapse Of years.
The committee on commencement
exercises at the Mount Holly high
school, which will take place on June 10,
have engaged rs the speaker of the even
ing Samuel C. Schumacher, Ph.D., pro-
lessor Of Biological Sciences in the State
Normal school at West Chester, Pa.
Martha R. Lippincott. aged so years,
an inmate Of the Aged Woman's Home,
Burlington, whose death occurred at
that place on Wednesday, was buried in
WOODLAND cemetery Sunday afternoon.
The funeral services were held at the
home Of Frank Antrim, Cherry street.
Mrs. Louisa Anna BOUCHER. of Church
street. died at the Burlington county
hospital from pneumonia on Wednes
day. The funeral services took place at
the Methodist church Saturday morn.
ing. being conducted by Rev. Joseph L.
Surtees. assisted by Rev. L. V. Brewin,
Of Rancocas. Interment was made al
Reigelsville, Pa.
The Players, an amateur dramatic or
ganization of Beverly, gave an enter
tainment in the Burlington auditorium,
on Wednesday night, for the benefit OF
the Beverly Masonic Temple Association,
whose building was recently destroyed
by fire. The event was attended by
number Of Mount Holly people.
The Burlington County Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals held
its annual meeting at Burlington, on
Wednesday, and elected these officers:
President, A. B. Kirk, Burlington; first
vice president, ]. H. Carlock, Burling-
ton; second vice president, w. Burtis
Pew. Mount Holly; secretary and treas
ursr. Miss s. A. Roberts, Burlington.
Suit for damages is to be instituted
against Pocahontas Tribe of Red Men
and the Central garage, on behalf OF
Charles Keller, for injuries sustained by
his running into rope that had been
stretched across the sidewalk some time
ago to prevent pedestrians from getting
near Rem Mems building on account OF
danger of the falling of the front wall
that had been undermined by freshet.
The accident happened at night, and no
light had been placed on the rope to
show it had been put up.
There will be tuberculosis exhibit in
the auditorium OF the Mount Holly high
school building, beginning April 26 and
ending April %, and the public is invited
to attend this exhibition and be instruct
ed in the various phases of this disease,
which at one time was thought to be
out of reach of prevention or cure
President Huff, of the Board of Educa-
ton. has appointed the following COM
mittee to take charge OF the exhibit:
Richard B. Eckman. Ross w. Quicksall,
DIR. Elmer ID. Prickitt, DIR. C. E. Lord,
Albert G. Mayer, Charles LaTour, Jo-
ssph G. Kingdom.
The chemical engine of America fire
company was called out of town again
on Friday in response to an alarm of fire
near Bucto. The house and barn belong
ing to Charles Love were completely de-
stroyed. The fire was caused by flames
from burning brush getting away from
those in charge. Nearly all of Loves
furniture was burned and pig was SO
badly scorched that it had to be shot.
Owing to the bad condition of the roads
the chemical engine was not able to
make good time, consequently was Of
little use. except to protect neighbor-
ing house. Five minutes lost in travel
ing poor roads would have been of great
advantage toward saving the house that
was burned.
John l.. Parsons, brother of the late
Charles B. Parsons, of Mount Holly
died ut his home in Trenton on Wednes
day. The direct cause of death was
stroke Of paralysis, although he hat
been in bad health for more than year
John Parsons was born in Mount Holl,
July Is, 1889, but had lived in Trenton
most Of his life. From 1897 to about
year ago he was assistant comptroller Q
the city of Trenton, retiring therefron