The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-10-10
St. Andrews Sunday school will re

The Ladies' Aid of the NJ. E. chur
will hold q Halloween supper
Thursday, October 26th.
The Ladies Aid of the Baptl
VI church contemplate holding baza
and turkey supper in November, tin
T. and place to be announced later.
II Ross b. Sims, former Mount Hol
resident, now living at Albany, N. Y
Id and Miss Gladys Truscott, of Camdel
Sc were married at the latter place c
October 4.
Sc The Sunday schools, with the exec
d. ton of st. Andrews, opened on Sun
day with good attendance. They ha
1t been closed for some time to prever
T. infantile paralysis.
Mrs. ]. C. Mount and Miss Hele
e Collins will start for Baltimore O
= Tuesday as delegates to the nations
II convention of the P. o. of A., bein
representative of Camp SO.
8 The marriage of Miss Bessie Nc
Kenna. of Mount Holly, and James L
7 Haywood, of Philadelphia, occurred OIL
Saturday. The ceremony was per
I formed by Rev. James H. Terry.
II There was base ball clash on thu
High street ground Saturday afternoon
when the first and second Tiger teams
met. The first team showed their op
ponents under by the score Of II to 3.
Letters for Mrs. Anna Vincent, Mrs
lVina Pierce, Mrs. James Long, John
c. Jeanes, Mrs. Luda Shinn, George
lShemlie, and Mrs. Anna r. Clark re-
main in the post Office for the week
lending October Z.
A Dairymen's League was formed
last night at meeting held at Penn
berton. The object is to get a better
wholesale price for milk. The present
price is too low to allow any profit to
the farmer.
The hay press at North Pemberton
station, owned by William Dey, was
destroyed by fire on Friday. The fire
started in the thrasher, which was
being operated at that time. The
cause is unknown.
The Monmouth county crop of pota-
toes is estimated to have been 1000, 900
bushels this year. A large part of the
crop brought from 80 cents to 81 per
bushel. 1t has been the most prosper
GUS year in the farming history of the
county.
Miss Emily H. Suydam, field secre-
tary of the New Jersey Anti-Tubercu-
losis League, will speak at the Friends
meeting house, Buttonwood street, on
Wednesday afternoon, October IL, at
four o'clock. The meeting is held I'M
der the auspices of the Woman's
League. The public is cordially in
vited.
Miss Emile B. Grant, chairman of
the home making department Of the
Burlington county Boys Agricultural
Contest, announces the ''get together"
meeting Of that committee on Satur-
day afternoon. in the Y. M. C. A. office,
Temple building, Mount Holly, at two
o'clock. 1t is an important meeting,
and every member is urged to be pres
ent to complete plans for the coming
exhibitions on December 2.
The Mount Holly schools opened
yesterday after the longest vacation in
their history. Sessions were expected
to begin on September 5, but fear of
infantile paralysis caused a postpone
ment to September IS, and then until
October 9. Numerous Improvements
have been made to the school property
during the summer, and a great step
forward has been taken by the addition
Of departments of manual training
and household arts.
Gen. A. E. Shiras Post No. 26, G. A.
R., will attend divine services at the
Methodist church next Sunday even
ing, at which time the pastor, Rev. T.
S. Hammond, will preach special
sermon. The Post invites the Ladies
Aid of the G. A. r., the w. c. t. u,
Sons of Veterans, Company E of
National Guards, and Uniform Rank
Of the Junior Mechanics, to attend the
service with them, meeting at the Post
room at o'clock Sunday evening to
proceed to the church in body.
Changers from various parts of Bur-
lington county will have big time at
Columbus next Wednesday night,
when nearly $50 candidates will take
the fifth and sixth degrees of the Pat
rons of Husbandry under the direction
of officers of the State Grange. This is
an unusually large class. Only those
having received these degrees are. ELI
gible to attend the State Grange meet
ingiand these candidates are preparing
to attend the annual State organization
session to be held at Atlantic City
next month.
Many former residen Is and members |
of Grace p. e. church, Crosswicks, |
were present at "Old Home" services
on Sunday, celebrating the founding
of the church so years ago this week. |
The cele bration will be continued to
day, the actual semi-centennial. Rev.
DR.. r. Bowden Shepherd, venerable
arehdeacon of the diocese, conducted |
the morning service, assisted by the |
new rector, Rev. Charles A. Behringer |
At the historical service today the |
speakers will include former rectors, |
or1,nr1O than Pow XUilliox,1 Il noxu % Il
Spotswood; Rev. Morgan Ashley, of |
Bordentown, and Rev. Charles Town |
send, of Rosemont, Pa.