The Penn's Grove record., 1916-07-14
DUPONT VILLAGE DOINGS
DUPONT Happenings and Community
Welfare DOingS

The stOrk flew over Carney's 12.3O p.
m, July 6, and alighted at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry MACEDONIAN, No. 40
Shell Road, and left a little baby girl
and the name will be added to the cradle
roll of the Mothers Club very soon.
Mrs. Joseph NJ. Wright, wife of the
school supervisor, and son, Locuson,
went to Newark, n. j., on an extended
visit to her native home.
The Italian laborers' strike on
Moorestown pike for more money and
less hours was settled by the promise of
pipes and tobacco filled at the expense
of the contractors. Their further de-
mand for beer was refused because the
drinking of same lessened their eff
cheney. 1t is medically decided and also
by employment heads that just zone
drink" lessons a mans working efficiency
just eight per cent. The working man,
whether hand labor or mental, needs to
take warning before his boss gets wise
to that fact.
The medical men today also say that
alcoholics for snake bites are the worst
antidotes causing the poisoned blood to
flow more freely through the system.
On one square, on Adams street, are
eight flag poles with handsome flags fly
ing, also two more from houses.
Mr.. stork bird flew to Carney's one
day last week and liked it so much here
that he simply stayed about all day and
far into the night and never left until
he had emptied the entire basket in our
village which, when counted, numbered
eight. DIR. Fleming seemed not very
far away from the old bird with the en-
tire number. CarneFs is sure some
wonderful town. Nothing like it on the
L. $. map. She had a hard time to be
noticed on the map, but the world knows
of it now. We just mushroom" every
thing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peirce, of the Philadel-
phil Supply Company, motored to West
vile on the Fourth.
Many of our citizens are netting in
their porches to be safe from the other
Carney's Point bird with a long bill
the mosquito. The dupont Co. give
their employees wire netting for the YER
andas at a very low cost. If anyone is
handy with carpentering tools the en-
closure can be made for less than $500.
The results give five thousand dollars
worth of comfort for the entire summer.
Heber Hires, of the supervisors club
house, Penns Grove, motored to the vii
lage on Sunday and called on his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. William Hires.
Mrs. Frank Harris went to Camden
on Tuesday to bring home her daughter,
who was at Cooper Hospital for an OPP
GRAFTON for appendicitis. She is recoy-
ering nicely.
The little daughter of Mrs. Wood. Of
the supervisors village. has recovered
from an illness caused by tonsiIitis.
The earth and its vegetation look de-
lightfully clean and refreshed from its
bath in the delightful soft patter of rain.
But, oh! the next day. The urchins
just reveled in their mud baths in the
puddles. They came out looking like
'~'piggies."
t. $. for government postoffices gen
orally means United States. but for Car
ney's Point. with it's many inhabitants
bringing heavy wails-means unusually
slow
The Mothers Club finds its flower
department "A busy department. The
members bring their memorandas every
meeting with the names of sick mem
bers or friends or little new babies.
and assist the superintendent, Mrs.
Caulks, very largely. Very beautiful
bouquets are sent out every week with
card and ribbons of the clubs colors
tied on; then the members sit back and
smile. while the secretary reads the
beautiful and touching replies and well
wishes at the following meeting.
There are semi-invalids and shut-ins
that We would like to hear from. The
Mothers Club is at your service. In
one town in the South where | visited last
winter there was a shut-in who crochet
ted for pinmoney. All of the ladies
served her by sending her a sample of
all the newest laces that they would get.
Can we serve You the same?
The playground is started. The teach
err is teaching the young children folk
dances in Community hall Tuesdays and
Fridays. The public will have "A chance
to see what has been lone all summer.
as on Labor Day a public demonstration
will be given and we may find a happy
day similar to what the village
gave on the Fourth. In Camden the
playground exhibition at Forest Hill
Park is one of the very best features of
inc eHtIe year. Inc assistant teacnef
has not arrived yet. but it is wished that
send their children and let them
have a good time, under good care. Get
them off the street with their noise so
the nightworkers can get sleep, for with
and the light and kid squalls. it
sleep-getting a very hard task.
The Union Sunday school held at the
school house every Sunday is still pros
D%ering. a picnic will soon be given the
children. Parents send your children
every Sunday. The Bible Glass grows
too. while the Primary just beats ev-
and adds numbers every Sun
day.
J.. c. HIRES.
program of entertainment has haan nra.