The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-12-05
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5 1916
LOCAL NEWS.

n. Eckard Austin, of Lumberton
township, fractured his arm last week
while cranking his automobile.
Mrs. Stroud Hutchins, of Church
street, is receiving treatment for stom-
ach trouble at the Burlington County
Hospital.
The senior class of the Mount Holly
high school will give a dance in the
school auditorium on Friday evening.
December Is.
The wholesale price of milk for De-
cember has been fixed at 8 cents a
quart by the Interstate Milk Produc-
ers' Association.
Mount Holly's business houses, ex-
cepting grocery stores and butcher
shops, will be open evenings after De-
cember IL, until Christmas.
s. Lawrence Bullock entertained the
members OF the Ushers' Union Of the
Methodist church at his home on
Union street on Tuesday evening.
Former Judges Joseph H. Gaskill
and John g. Homer, both of Moores-
town. were allowed fees of 81, 800 each,
last week, by Vice Chancellor Lean
ing, in settlement of the Cuthbert will
case at Camden.
Mrs. Jennie B. Thomson, widow of
Henry NJ. Thomson, died at her home
on Grant street, early Friday morning.
She had been in poor health for long
time. The funeral will take place to-
dav, the remains to be inferred at
Morrisville, Pa.
The union Thanksgiving service was
held in the Methodist church on Thurs
day morning and was largely attended.
The sermon was preached by Rev. l..
M. Bicknell, of the Presbyterian
church. Rev. J. H. Terry and Rev. I.
s. Hammond also took part in the
service.
Carlton f. Madden, of Mount Holly,
and Miss Mary E. Quirk, of Philadel-
phia, were married at st. Joachim
church, Philadelphia, on Wednesday
morning at $50 o'clock. The ceremony
was performed by the rector of the
church, assisted by Rev. P. ]. Kelly,
of Mount Holly.
Frederick r. Brace, Trenton law
yer, has applied to county detective
Parker to assist him in locating his
father, who disappeared from Trenton
on November 1, and has been traced to
Jobstown, where all clues were lost.
The missing man is described as being
so years old, feet inches tall. gray
chin whiskers, wore SLOUGH hat and
suit of blue clothes.
The grand jury will be in session to-
morrow to consider such cases as may
be presented. The important matters
will be the murders that have been
committed recently. Prosecutor Ksl-
sey has been very busy the last week
getting the facts ready for the jury and
Henry III. Savage has been attending
to the criminal cases that have been
brought before the court.
.Bear in mind the meeting of thel
Community Welfare which will be
held in. the High school auditorium
Friday evening, when it is hoped the
committee on sanitation will be ready
to report on what has been done in the |
way of making and keeping the town
clean and healthy. This report is being
looked forward to with much interest
as it is on subject that is of great i'm
portance.
Rancocas grange elected the follow
ing officers on Wednesday afternoon:
Master. Joseph l.. Haines; overseer,
Richard B. Winner; lecturer, Ada R.
Shinn; steward, Henry ]. Winner; as
sistant steward, Harry Champ; chap
lain, Sue M. Croshaw; treasurer, Oscar
w. Pew; secretary, Elsie L. Pew; gate
keeper, Ezra c. Engle; ceres, Jennie B.
Haines; pomona, Rena B. Winner;
fora, Laura V. Evans; lady assistant
steward, Alice Scott; pianist, Myrtle
Bell; librarian, Reba Haines.
Rev. Henry Teller Cooke, the new
rector of st. Andrews church, is enter
ing into his work with great zeal. On
Wednesday evening he had gather
ing of men with the idea of forming
Mems Club. Henry III. Cross de-
ivered an address on Mexico and the
evening was spent in discussing many
questions of interest. The club was
formed with the title 1.-THE Mems Club
of st. Andrews Church." The follow
ing officers were elected: President,
Clarence II. Polhemus; vice president,
Joseph Cross; secretary, Nelson d. w.
Pumyea; treasurer, George w. Dading.
In about three weeks the travelling
public will have chance to use new
road between Mount Holly and Lum-
berton, 1900 feet of which is concrete,
is feet wide, eight inches deep in the
centre six inches at the edges. All of
the material used in this road is the
best that could be obtained and great
care has been taken to see that q per-
feet roadbed is secured. AT present it
is covered with salt hay for the purpose
OF protecting it from the frost and cold
weather. The reason for it's being kept
closed for three weeks is to give the
road fair chance to become perfectly
ready for travel. The laying of con-
crete is an experiment, and one which
it is hoped will prove that this material
is the best to be used in all road con-
struction.
The forty-second annual meeting of
the New Jersey State horticultural
Society will be held at Burlington on
December II, ID, and IA. An attract
i've program has been arranged cover
ing the vital points of interest at this
time to fruit and vegetable growers.
The BURBERRY Swamp huckleberry) !,
has been tanned. We have not been
compelled to call on Burbank to do
this work, but right here in New Jer-
sey at Whitesbog, Burlington county,
Miss Elizabeth C. White. working with
a botanist of the department at Wash
inGton, Prof. f. V. Coville, has them
growing in commercial quantities.
Prof. Coville will tell, on Wednesday
afternoon, of his part in this work,
and Miss White will show some OF
these big berries and explain by means
Of pictures how she accomplished this