The Penn's Grove record., 1916-12-22
ABOUT HOME
Whal Is Occurring And Being Talked
About In The Borough and township
Store will be open Saturday Evening of this week until 80 Al
Shortest day Of the year.
Slippery, slushy travelling.

Slippery, slushy travelling.
Real old-fasbioned winter weather.
Not even Pennsvillears will get a trol-
ley in their Christmas stocking.
Salem will not get a trolley in her
christmas stocking An Easter opening
will be Telislied.
Harry Sterling has opened a tobacco
stand and two pool tables in the room
adjoining the post office at Union Corner.
Have yon paid your tax. Wednesday
WAS the last day before interest began.
Not too late yet to redeem you Citizen
ship.
The members of Bethel NJ. P. Church
have had built two bedrooms and a bath
room to the rear of the parsonage OH
PItniau Street.
The Wilson line of steamers which ply
between Wilmington and Plliladelphia,
wifi begin stopping at Penns Grove wharf
next April /.
The Woodbury. Board OF Education las
ruled thai teachers nor pupils shall not
accept presents from EACH other while IN
sctiooi. An excellent practice.
Poultry can he bought cheaper for
christmas than it was at Thanksgiving.
Chickens are from rs to 80 cents a pound:
geese, 70 cents; turkeys, 80 to 81 cents.
Pay day was on Thursday aud this
Friday. The powder mills will be shut
down this Friday as much as possible
and not July resume until lex Tuesday.
Iu a slight fire in a mixing house in
Plant 2 at the Carney Point powder
works on Wednesday, Hugh Dunbar, oil
Carney Point Village. WAS slightly burn
ed about the hands aud face.
Tax ratables in New Jersey AS tabu-
lated Tor 1916, show a gain in taxable
valne OF all property over 1915 OF
$!l2,OOO,O OO, over eight per cent. of
which gain was made in Salem county.
Leap year will soon be gone. To make
a fine job of belated rush orders the
Record Quality Print Shop has laid in a
supply OF wedding stationery and three
new fonts OF fine style type TO print invi-
tations with.
The lower grades in Penns Grove school
held Christmas exercises today. In the
three lower grades Mrs. Henry Miller treat
ed tile children to a stocking filled with
candy as iii former years. The schools
closed today until Tuesday, January %.
A serial picture. entitled "The Shield
ing Shadow" will begin showing this
Friday night at the Riverview Theatre.
1t is said to contain some wonderfully
thrilling scenes and dramatic incidents.
The Atlantic City Comedy Co. will also
give four big acts.
Robert Shuba and Joseph Shines, two
old felons who held up men and got $3.50
on the night OF the eth, were held under
$4,000 each by Squire Duffy instead oil
$500 as stated III last weeks Record.
They were captured in the hunks in the
catHp With tters-addsessed to pals in
New York.
The State Board of Education at its
meeting held in Trenton December 2ud,
approved the four year High School cur
rlcnla now in force in Elmer. This year
elementary science was substituted for
physical geography which was a part OF
last years approved course and the
change made an approval necessary this
year.
L. II. Kinnard, Vice President aud
General Manager Of the Delaware and
Atlantic Telegraph and Telephone Conn
pany and its associated companies in
Pennsylvania and Delaware said, in COM
menting OF this announcement, that in
the territory OF those companies alone
there would be approximately fifteen
thousand employees affected and that
about three-quarters of a million dollars
would be distributed. He added that
the distribution wonld be completed by
January LIST at the latest and that a
special effort would be made to place the
payments in the hands of the employees
before Christmas.