The Penn's Grove record., 1916-01-07
HAPPENINGS ABOUT HOME
What Is Occurring And Being Talked
About In The Borough and Township

A"e iier1iuk "edtleI On MONDAY maze
ice along the shore.
The freezing and thawing OF the ground
las made the roads a latter.
The Penns Grove National Bank de-
clared a semi-annual dividend OF 4 per
cent. payable January l.
S. Rushing Leap has bad the Rebecca
Sheets tract of 10 acres OH East Main
street plotted into building lots.
Stock at vendues is selling low because
farms are not in demand by tenants.
Much higher wages can be earned at the
powder works.
The general good health of the
Borough continues Notwithstanding the
c~hsDgeable weather, which makes colds,
grippe and pneumonia.
The Salem Standard and Jerseyman
came this week enlarged from six to
seven columns. The price increased
from 81 to $3.50 a year.
William Diver has sold tliirty-fve acres
including the picnic grove to a party
represented by E. w. Huffman. II is
being plotted into building lots.
The Deep Water Improvement Co..
who bought Is acres of Frank r. Locuson
has bought l6 acres off the John Jordan
farm adjoining along Penns Neck canal.
Postmaster Hunt has difficulty in get
ting and retaining help in the post office
which is glutted with mail. He has pro-
cured help from Wilmington post Office.
The Italian ships General Salsa and
and Emanuf Accami, which arrived at
Deep Water Point, December 2lst. for
powder, have been loaded, and departed
a few days ago.
Because of the heavy fog last Sunday
the ferry beat returned to Wilmington.
Some of the passengers who came from,
returned to Philadelphia to get to Penns
Grove in time to take their shift at the
Powder Works.
Fifteen cents have been charged this
week by the jitney drivers for transpor.
tation between Penns Grove and Plant 2
because the roads are 80 bad and 90
many springs broken.
Joseph Simpkins, who is line foreman
at Plant No. l, was presented with a
bank containing $75. a smoking stand
and a case OF cigarettes as a Christmas
gift from the men employed at the solvent
recoveries.
The old walnut tree an historic land
mark in the rear of the old brick hotel
building at the foot OF Main Street, has
been cut down. A building will be er-
ected in which Joseph F. Chandler will
conduct a pool room.
The schools ~re-opened last Monday
with general good health among the
children. A few were sent home to have
their red Threats examined, but returned
with health certificates from their physi-
clans. Several new pupils entered. The
enrolment is 900.
During the past year 1913 automo-
biles were carried across the Delaware
river between Wilmington and Penns
Grove by boats of the Wilmington & New
Jersey Ferry Company. This is exactly
twice the number carried across the river
in 1914, ween 5000 were carried.
On Monday evening the launch Alert,
ran into the steamer City of Wilmington
at the mouth of Christiana river and
shattered the bow of the Alert which had
workmen from Carney Point, bound for
their homes i'll Wilmington. The men
were taken III to the City of Wilmington
and the Alert proceeded to Wilmington.
HOME BUsINkss NEWS
Chestnut posts for sale. H. s. Barber.
adv. 3-27-tf
Linoleume, oil cloths, oil.cloth patterns
and a new line of cheap wall paper at the
Union Corner Store. L. W. Cook. ad.
SALE REGISTER
Jan. AZ. c. Morgan, b. Weatherby, Penns
Grove.
Jan. S-Commissioners' sale, John P. Clark's
farm.
Jan. l3-Garrett v. Whitesell, near Norton
vile Bridge.