The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-02-22
Miss Orpha Apologize, of Washington
street. is i'll with diphtheria.

At the morning service Of the Method
list church on Sunday five persons wer
received into membership.
Camp SO, P..O. of A., will hold 8
Washington social tomorrow, Wednes
!. day night, which all members are re
: quested to attend.
Mary E. Rice, aged 65 years, expired
: at her residence on Pearl street on Sat
: Iurday. Her funeral will take place to
morrow afternoon.
Samuel C. Stanton represented New
. Jersey Lodge No. at the state conven
ton of the Knights of Pythias at AS
bury Park, last week.
Jacob Fl. Adams, of Mount Holly
who has been living at Brighton, sub.
urb of Boston, for some time, died at the
former place last evening.
| Herbert r. Smith is receiving con-
ordinations upon the arrival of a nine
pound girl, which the stork left at his
house yesterday morning.
DR.. Calvin N. Kendall, state commits
sioner of education, will deliver an ad-
dress at the March meeting Of the
Parent-Teacher Association.
Some person broke into st. Paul's M.
E.. church, on Washington street, on
Wednesday night, and robbed the cash
gas meter. No ether depreciation was
committed.
Mrs. Leslie Horner, of Delanco, had
her ankle broken and sustained bruises
when she tripped over a pet dog and fell
down flight Of stairs. A baby which
she carried was unhurt.
The following unclaimed letters re-
main in the past Office for the week end
ing February 10: Kid Moffett, Julia T.
Hooper, Mrs. WiIlsome, Mrs. Mary
Cramer Mrs. Chas. Bennett.
Farm demonstration Reid conducted an
interesting soil test demonstration at
the meeting OF Medford grange on
Thursday afternoon, also at the high
school, Mount Holly, on Friday.
While delivering an order of feed to
the home of Clifton r. Appleton, Oh
Union street, one day last week, William
Clapper, employed by the Rogers feed
mill, slipped and fell on the ice, dislocat-
ing a shoulder.
At a meeting of the Mems Literary
Club, in the high school building, on
Friday night, very interesting talks were
made by Wilmer Chance on the manu-
facture OF ketchup, and Prof. William
C. Sullivan on mental science.
Miss Mari, the Swarthmore worker
connected with the Junior Chautauqua
movement, made her monthly visit to
Mount Holly Wednesday afternoon.
The children are organized into a town,
with a mayor, clerk, and other officers.
A supper will be served in the Masonic
Temple on Thursday evening by the
Ladies' Aid Society of the Methodist
church. The menu is: Chicken, fried,
croquets, salad; Oysters, fried, stewed,
creamed, raw; homemade biscuit, coffee,
ice cream, cake, candy. Supper will be
served from 5 p. m.
The residence of Edward B. Jones, on
High street, opposite Broad street, was
broken into on Friday night. Entrance
was made by removing panel from the
rear door and then forcing tie kitchen
door with bar or jimmy, soaring the
screws out of three bolts. The house
was thoroughly ransacked, but it is not
known what was stolen, as the Jones
family is on trip to Florida.
The annual banquet and ladies' night
of the Mount Holly Masons will take
place in the Masonic Temple tonight. |
The affair promises to be the most en-
joyable function ever given by the local
lodge, as well as the largest, every avail
able seat in the banquet room having |
been subscribed for by members of the
lodge and their guests nearly q week
ago. Rev. DIR. James Stoddard will act |
as POSTMASTER, and music will De fur
nished by Philadelphia trio and the
Peerless orchestra. Rev. William Muir
Aud, pastor of Calvary Presbyterian
church, Philadelphia, will make the
principal address.
The Supreme court of New York has
just affirmed the decree of divorce grant
ed by the lower court of that state over
a year ago, to Ray O. VanArsdale, for
merly of Mount Holly, from her hus-
band, Philip v. VanArsdale, of Plain
field. VanArsdale appealed from the
decision of the lower courts, and fought
it through the higher tribunal, but to no
purpose. Mrs. VanArsdale has been
given the full custody of her child, a
daughter, and the right to use the name
Rachel Oatman VanArsdale. The CO.
in the case was Mrs. Ella
of Long Island, wife OF prom
inent New York ieweler.
In every room open to the present ex-
hibition of painting and sculpture at
the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts, Philadelphia, are to be found
many pictures of vital worth. In fact
there are few, if any, freak pictures in
the exhibition, which is open to the
public until March 26. Probably the
keenest joy experienced by any of the
exhibitors was the sensation of Alice
Kent Stoddard, of Mount Holly, when
'Liela.''> She is evidently
satellite OF Robert Henri. The spontan-
eity of the brush work, the quaint and
quizzical little girl, make this picture
one of the most interesting of the present
salon.
The America chemical responded to
two alarms of fire on Saturday. At
noon an alarm was sent in from West
street, and when the fire.
men arrived Improved to be false alarm.
Mrs. Albert Stevens had kindled a
fire in the stove and, on account OF a bad
chimney, the wind blew smoke out into
the house. A neighbor seeing smoke COM
ing from the windows and roof turned in
the alarm. AT seven o'clock in the even
ing an alarm came from the residence
OF Eugene K. Buzby, at Rancocas. The
chemical went down and it was found |
that the chimney was on fire, and it was |
soon extinguished with one(of the hand
extinguishers from the chemical.
The finance committee OF the Board
of Freeholders met at the court house,
Saturday, and opened bids for the sale
of SOL 900 of bonds. They are to bear
interest at the rate OF 41z9S. The bidders
and the prices they offered were as fol