The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-01-22

Answering England's call for voIun.
teers, John n. Bethune, a British sub.
ject, but a resident of Westfield for
the last year. Joined the Canadian ar.
my, leaving a bride of a day.
While removing the cap from the
radiator of his automobile James Nc.
Lain, a Paulsboro jitney driver, was
severely scalded about the face and
arms when the water boiled out.
John f. Gallagher. who recently lost
a job be had held for twenty years.
committed suicide at Orange, in the
Lacka wanna station. leaving a note
saying that his mind was giving way.
Mayor liable of Beverly has opened
a crusade against gambling. and one
local pool proprietor has been
med $500 and placed under the charge
of the probation officer for three years
Tulips of various colors spelling AT
lantic City All the Time" the resorts
slogan. will blossom forth in the mu-
nicipal flower beds that have been in
stalled along the outside of the board
walk.
Rather than endure longer the tor
lures from ANGER, from which malady
he had suffered two years, Robert Roe,
sixty-three years old, IA Newton farm
er. fatally shot himself through the
temple.
Several societies having outgrown
the accommodations of the present
rooms, the Zion Lutheran church at
Riverside is considering plans for the
erection of a new Sunday school and
social hall.
DIR. Jacob B. Levenson of Carmel.
who has been an extensive traveller.
is recovering from a nervous break
down, claiming that the daily plunge
in the frigid waters of Maurice river
is the remedy.
AT the meeting of the Montclai
Heights Community club the question
of changing the names of streets bear
ing names similar - those of other
streets was discussed, and it was de
cided that it should be answered by
the municipal art and planning com
mission soon to be appointed by Mayor
Harrison
Several hundred employees Of the
Corn Products Refining company at
Edgewater have had their wages in
creased from 3 to 10 per cent, accord
ing to length Of service. The increase
was unsolicited.
The lower section of Princeton, in
the vicinity of Park and Charlton
streets, is being invested with thieves,
who for the past two weeks have been
busy breaking open refrigerators and
taking the contents.
Governor Fielder, along with Adju-
tant General Wilbur F. Sadler, went
to hear Billy Sunday, the evangelist.
in Trenton. The governor told the
audience that he was there to learn
from the evangelist.
Millville public schools are greatly
overcrowded, and the board of educa
ton has a poster on what to do with
the small children who will present
themselves for classes Feb. 1 at the
half yearly promotions.
G. E. Chalfant has rendered his res
ignation to council as a member of
the board of assessors of Hammonton.
| saying that the duties have increased
to such an extent that he cannot afford
to give the time required.
Collingswood is to have a Carnegie
library. NJ. A. Bryant, a library trus-
tee, announced. Carnegie Library foun-
dation appropriated $4,000 with the
stipulation that the town pledge $500
annually for maintenance.
The Kempis society was incorporat
ed in Montclair. Its object is to broad
en- and strengthen the religious, intel
lectual and social life of its members
and enable them to become a power
of good in society at large"
Charles Ludlam of Cape May while
longing for crabs in the entrance of
the lane locked harbor caught a crab
measuring seventeen and one-quarter
inches across its back and weighing
one and o~ne-quarter pounds.