The Penn's Grove record., 1916-08-04
VILLAGE DOIKGS
Social Happenings and Community
Welfare DOingS

Thursday was q day Of happenings ut
Green End. Al the head of Washington
street is a very deep hole in the drive
way, and Foord Beer Auto Truck got
down into it hub deep. They worked lor
one and II half hours, breaking Pinch
planks like matches i'm their endeavors to
extricate the Truck The powerful du-
Font auto dray came along aud soou
pulled them out. 1t was the wish Of the
temperance people thereabouts that the
caved IN truck might submeIge itself
enough to entirely disappear until il met
the Submarines Bremen aud D"eutchlaud
Another trnck, a furniture delivery Car.
was stuck for an hour on a street further
back. The new system wash delivery
wagon also went down in the Washing
ton street hole. The horse got down and
had to be helped ont by several men.
Some young men went by at night
~ingtng, and more intent Oh their night
serenadIng, with their eyes on the
heavens instead Of the earth. Away they
went in knee deep, and then how the
words changed to, "Oh. my new socks!
Oh, | got ou new pants, F" etc.
The Union Sunday school held in the
school house. will be hereafter la Com.
munity Hall. Last Sunday Miss Peter
son OF Carney's and a soloist in a PhIla-
delphla church very beautifully saue
ABIDE With Me" IN the Sunday school,.
which was very pleasing to all.
Mrs. Jos. NJ. Wright aud son Locuson.
have returned from a three weeks visit
near Newark.
On Adams street A van If goods was
left Oh sidewalk. A box of CARPET was
nUnanlya oil uIIqI, sr.opuaraI "a I.,.- ~
mice. soon a horde of children aud
their mothers were around the box.
Every mother scampered home after a
cat, aud soon can e back with arms full
OF felines and placed them in the box.
At once every cat OF them 1-w ont OF
the box with their dainty lunch'' IN
their mouths, O e Cat smarter than the
others captured two at one time for her
donble lunch. Did YOU say Slow at
Carney's Point?" Well | guess not. Don't
you believe any such rot.
Smith Davenport, of Penns Grove, has
taken a house on Washington street.
Samuel e. Allen resides with him.
Mrs Emma Mat news, OF Philadelphia,
spent a few days with her cousins, Mr..
snd Mrs. John q. Sullivan of 1920
Adams street.
Mrs. Edward Clarke Of lll7 Adams
street entertained at a dinner party Oh
Sunday her daughter, Miss Helen Bul
lock and friend Miss Sarah Craig, oil
Bridgeton, and Mr.. and Mrs. john q
Sullivan OF Carney's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Rogers Hires, OF
tiaddonield, motored to Carney's on
Wednesday and spent the day with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William Hires.
Thomas O'Brien aud Mr.. john Griffen
left town to spend over weekend with
their respective families in Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mis-. VIM. Hires spent over
weekend in Philadelphia at their sons
home.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Walter 1ruitt and son,
Elwood, OF Newark, are spending a week
with Mr.. and Mrs. }. NJ. Wright, on
Shell road.
1t is rumored that the Wilmington
Beer Arks have been ordered by author
tiles at Trenton to stay out Of Carney's.
Now, let MS sing, Praise God from whom
all blessings II Nv, for We will have a real
sedate and up-to-date city here before
I'VE know it.
Al; magaz mes aud journals, that peo-
pie have IN their homes, read and dis
earded, please gather up and send to tie
school Fairgrounds, to the teacher, Miss
Pearson. Those having fashion plates OF
patterns desiied.
a salesman soliciting for beer orders is
about Our streets weekly, which looks
very niue a IN contradiction to the mean
ing of the law.
A car OF ice consigntd to tie Barrier Ice
Company became lost, strayed or stolen.
wtich tact left some Carneyites without
ice from Saturday TIL Tuesday. We
might trade our Wilmington beer arks
for Wilmington ice wagons and be bette e.
off aud still renaln thirst quenched and
sober.
The back road into town has been hub
deep with mud through the woods. Sap
lings from the woods neal by have been
cut and lain across the road AID then
filed ia with DIRT, making 1t a good deal
like a pain of corduroy pants, but safer
travelling.
August LIST We We're promised our first
trolley ride. | wonder if we will get il d?
Then it is goodnight wise jitney. l WON
der il it will always be a nickel around
pay day, or will they sail upin price like
the j%itneurs
Two men got in q litney recently from
the s 2. NJ. boa aud one man wanted to
90 to the village and asked the price.
The driver says, '25 cents" The other
said, Il want to &c TO the camp. How
much ?" Tie reply came back, 80
cents They both said in concert:
"Well; you don't rob us tonight" Both
jumbed Il and walked. The jitueur
once grabbed for silver aud got nothing.
LILLIAN CORLISS HIRES.