The Penn's Grove record., 1916-10-06
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What Is Occurring And Being Talked
About In The Borough and Township

Fresh pork, scrapple aud pumpkin pies
are ripe.
Carney Point Republican Club will
hold an oyster supper ia Community Hall
this Friday evening, 9th.
The Camp Meeting Association has set
the date for next years. camp meeting
from July % to August 4.
The granite trimmings having arrived,
work has been resumed at bricklaying on
the Peoples Bank and the Cove school.
house.
From the effects of eating ice cream
and crab meat Rev. Fred Peters was con-
fined to his bed with ~ptonaine poison for
two days.
There has been no frost to make the
chestnuts iall. There never were but
4 lev trees in this region, and the blight
has killed nearly all.
Capt. W. P. Wright will finish buying
tomatoes at Stow Creek this week. From
40 TO 70 cents a basket have been paid
because OF competition.
Rev. j. w. Lynch OBLIGATED at the
funeral OF James, the l6-nionths-old son
- 80 MIS-. W. w E1tDUFl, at OctD
Water Point, OIL Tuesday afternoon.
Carney Point school did not open last
Monday, because one small child in tile
Village has tootlracIie in the heel ard
another has a slight sore throat. Chill
dren are running at large all over the
Village.
Franklin Flitcraft has arranged for his
annual autumn leai excursion to MaucIi
Chunk and Switback Saturday, October
2lsi. This gives an opportunity to see
tile most beautiful scenery in America.
See adv.
The Eastern Conference Of the Me- thod.
iSt Protestant church wili begin at Lake
Como, n. j.. next Wednesday, the l1tlr
William F. Yeager will he the dei.gtf,
aud David A. English the alternate fro,
Brthel Nj. +. Church.
The clay gravel pnt GA the Township
stone road last montii, from the Black
D%otlghtpl farms cost II . county abont
$1,000. 1t is l'rtter IN quality than the
gravel from Mi vilt. put or a few ,ears
ago NJ the c 81 Of $500
A snail piece OF galvanized non IN a
mixer ia which was Il maj an1ilnil OF
powder at Plant 3, made 4 fire Thursday
morning which burned J., Motgan, a foit-
man, living il Wlln,inginp, and Diff
Burns, ol Salem. Neither MAS bur ed
seriously.
Assistant County Engineer James s.
Sparks aud surveying party this week
haze been getting tile detail data along
the load thru Upper l'eHns Neck from
the end OF the stone road at Biddle Greek
TO the Pilesgrove line, to prepare the
plans for the extension OF the stone road
next year to the Ballinger farm half a
mile west of Sharptown.
Emmanuel Methodist Episcopal Church
is having a rally week. Monday was
official board night, Tuesday Sunday
school board night and Wednesday church
night. A luncheon was given on Tues
day night by the women of the church.
Thursday night there was q class and Sun
day School social, and Friday is choir
night. Next Sunday will be Rally Dav
Rev. William A. Boyd, the pastor, will
preach in the morning OH the subject,
'Three Men," and rally services will be
held in the afternoon by the Sunday
School and in the evening by the church.
Twenty months ago Samuel M. Denny
bought the Sheble tract OF land between
Franklin Street and Penn Street. He
spent about a thousand dollars in grad
ing, draining and planting trees, making
to it the most improvements that has
been on any land in Penns Grove. lie
sold the last OF twenty-four lots last
week to Miss Abigail l.. Kidd, of Cam
den, formerly oil Penns Grove, who will
build a house thereon. A dozen fine
houses have been erected on this tract IL
the past two years. Capt. Denny has
proved to be the best home promoter in
this boom.
BIGGEST N BEST STOCK OF --LATEST
STYLE HATS in Wilmington is at Dubell's,
No. 2 East Third Street. Cllildren's Hat.
a speciality. Advt.-9-i5-3m.