The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-06-13
LOCAL NEWS.
Tomorrow will be Flag Day.

Holly.
Miss Helen Glass is employed as
stenographer in the Office of Farm Den
onstrator George T. Ried.
At q meeting of the Board of Educs
ton on Tuesday evening, Miss Beatrie
Darlington was elected teacher In til
High school.
The first quarterly conference of Noun
Holly M. E. church will be held by dis
trict superintendent Snyder next Mon
- day evening, June 10.
Barbara, widow of Henry F. Jones
who died at Smithyille on Thursday
was buried in the Brotherhood cemetery
Mount Holly, on Sunday.
Mount Holly Lodge of Moose had q
class initiation at their headquarters on
Sunday afternoon when eight new mem
bers were added to the order.
Postmaster Francis Fl. Read has been
notified by the Department at Wash
ington, that his salary will be increased
ON July LIST from 50, 400 to 81, 500.
G. Harold Bovine, OF Union street. is
improving nicely after an operation for
appendicitis. performed at the Burling-
ton County Hospital last week.
George b. Clothier and family have
moved from Mount Holly to Audubon.
They will retain their residence here and
reopen it during the winter for dancing
lessons.
Governor Fielder has named Edgar r.
Sparks, of Burlington, as q member of
the State Board of Pharmacy, to sue
coed Henry A. Jordan, of Bridgeton,
who declined reappointment.
1t il reported that of twenty-four
teachers in the public schools of
Florence. only nine have applied for re-
election. The others have secured po-
sitions elsewhere at larger salaries.
At a luncheon given recently by Mrs.
William C. Haines, of West Ceilings
wood, the engagement of her sister,
Miss Marion H. JONES' and Raymond g.
Buckley, of Mount Holly, was an
nounced.
Jennie v. Joyce. who formerly resided
on Pine street. Mount Holly, died at her
home in Camden ON Thursday. Her
funeral will take place this afternoonSat
the residence of her brother, Howard L.
Osgoodson White street.
Children's day was observed on Sun
day at the church of the United Breth-
rem, and the exercises were fine, the
music being especially well rendered. !,
The church was handsomely decorated
with flowers from the woods and gardens
Wednesday of next week the indict-
ments against Charles F. Sleeper for
criminal libel on county clerk Knight
and search clerk Harris, will be tried.
The alleged libelous utterances were
made by Sleeper in his paper, the Pal
myra Nes0s.
The pupils of the Samuel Aaron
school gave an enjoyable entertainment
in Mount Moriah hall on Thursday
evening, for the benefit of the play
ground apparatus fund. The progr am
consisted of folk dances and musical
play, Little Red Riding Hood"
Exception has been taken to the
report in THE NEWS that Rev. 8. Law
renee Bullock recently preached in the
Georgetown M. E. church. 1t is stated |
that he preached in the Knights of Py-
thias hall and that the services were
"Union services" by members Of all
congregations.
The township authorities have made
arrangement to issue metal registry tags
to dog owners who register their animals
under the new law. The first few dog
owners who registered were told they
would have to procure their own tags,
but that did not seem the proper thing |
10 do, and the township clerk is now
prepared to furnish the proper tag when
q dog is registered.
The Burlington County Farmers Elk
change has purchased from the estate of
William b. Wills the old mill property |
Mt Budd and Read streets, and will use
it as q storehouse. For some time the |
Exchange has been using building in
Zig Olu EWdA yalOt Oub OAAo /
required the carting of goods from the
depot. The new location has railroad |
siding facilities.
While trying his new bicycle, Lester
Potter, of Riverside, was struck by. a
motorcycle near Cambridge, on Friday,
and was hurled twenty feet from his
machine, suffering severe bruises. Two
men on the motorcycle were also injured,
according to Potter, but they left him,
remounted their machine and sped
away. This was the second accident
last week to residents of Riverside.
Chester Jankowski, years old, who
was also struck by motorcycle, is still
lying in the Zurbrugg Hospital in a
critical condition from injuries about
the head and back.
The Burlington County Transit Com
pany has received word from the vice
president and general manager OF the
Public Service Company that arrange
ments haveN about been completed by
which the cars of the latter will run
through between Mount Holly and
Camden. This service will not 60 into
effect for week, at least, as the return
OF president McCarter must be awaited
before the arrangement can be entirely
settled. When the cars are run through
there 10 probability of half hour SER
vice daily between Mount Holly and
Camden ever y afternoon.
Shades of Shakespeare's Celebrated
Women, and Midsummer Nights
Dream, is the title Of pleasing play
that is being given by the Sacred Heart
Dramatic Society in celebration Of the
three hundredth anniversary OF the
death of William Shakespeare. The
first entertainment took place last week
in st. Mary's hall, and was attended by
large audience who highly enjoyed the
excellent rendition of the various parts
presented by q cast of fifty persons
under the direction of Mrs. ]. Harry
Halt. 1t was originally intended to hold
the play on the church lawn, but
weather conditions made this impracti
cal. If the weather is favorable, it will
be repeated on Tuesday evening, june
20, and will be held out OF doors, thi
adding spice of novelty to an evening
of promised enjoyment. Those who die
not attend last week should make al