The Penn's Grove record., 1916-03-31
HAPPENINGS ABOUT HOME
What Is Occurring And Being Talked
About In The Borough and Township
April 1st Tomorrow.

Chesapeake shad were IN Penns Grove
market lest Saturday at 80 cents to 81.
each.
K. +. Willis has bought all Of John P.
Leaps property formerly 5. Rushing
Leaps, but not the store business.
Laying the brick for Jos. Saunders
apartment house on Main Street At the
Railroad crossing WAS begun on Thursday.
The new law governing the licensing
oil jitneys applies only to cities where
they come in competition with trolley
lines.
The continuance of freezing weather
until last week has greatly delayed farm
work. Ground could not be plowed nor
manure spread.
April l4th will be Arbor Day. Plant a
tree, shrub or flower, so as to have lus-
cious fruit and b~eautify the home. See
ad. of tree sale.
Some early tomato growers spotted the
small plants into cold beds this week
The plants in many hot houses are not
growing thrifty.
The Executive Committee of the Inter
State Milk Products Association has
fixed the wholesale price OF milk for
April at A cents a quart.
The incoming freight for the dnPonts
Powder Works continues heavy. On
"Wednesday morning the train consisted
OF twenty-four carloads.
The members of Emmanuel congrega-
ton gave their returned pastor and wife
a rQQaDtioV u1,YrG1a- a-n.sx 49,
pleased with his return for the second
year.
Monday was a fine spring day. The
rain on Monday was a soaker and took
the frost out of the ground. Wednesday
was dreary, Thursday and Friday fine
spring days.
A telephone cable is to be laid across
the bottom OF the Delaware river so that
the dupont Company can have direct
talking between Carney Point and the
offices in the dupont building in VIII
mington.
Joseph NJ. Whitesell made two drifts
with his shad net on Monday and did not
get a scale. The season will be unusually
late this year. Very few expect to fish
and the catch OF shad is expected to be
small.
Matthew Mitchell and Warren Risner
have bought Sheble grove on Delaware
Avenue. They purpose on dividing into
building lots and selling it with ~restric-
lions. 1t is the finest site in Penns
Grove along the river shore.
The first rails for the trolley road arriv.
ed on Wednesday. The road is being
graded between the Borough limit and
Plant 2. There will be a legal suit for
condemnation of land through Charles
and James B.. Summelilrs farm along
the railroad.
George w. Myers, of Philadelphia, has
the contract to take care of the garbage in
dupont Village and Camp. He will
dump the useless trash in the swamp on
frank Summerill's farm along Biddle
Creek. The garbage will be cooked and
oil recovered.
The construction of rubberoid apart
ment houses comprising the dupont vii
age is completed. Two hundred carpen-
tiers were laid off on Thursday. About
fifty carpenters remain and the finish
ing for them to do will be completed
ueXt week.
Lewis W. Cook, WAS the lowest bidder
to furnish postal facilities for Penns
Grove with the proposition to erect a
building on his lot between his store and
honse at Union corner. He expected to
proceed at once to erect a building, bnt has
received a hold up order.
Elmer H. Smith, of Salem, S. Rushing
Leap and James Workman, of Penns
Grove, have been appointed commits
,ioners to condemn the land of Charles
and James b. Summerill thru which
the trolley road will be built east oil the
railroad from the Cove Lane to South
Broad Street at the Cove creek.
Fire at the Power Works are frequent
and the vigilant trained fremen are
appreciated. Last Sunday at 10.15 D. M.
George G. Dickeh chief OF Liberty Fire
Company discovered a fire near one OF
drying houses at Plant l. With the as
sistance of other workmen it was put out
aud probably another flare-up hindered.
From all art exhibit the Peun's Grove
High School realized $50. The school
has received gifts as follows: A picture
OF the signing OF the decoration of indie
p%endence from Viola conncil, No. 20, Jr.
o. u. A. M, a picture of General Wash
ington from the Junior class aud a picture
OF Washington crossing the Delaware
River from Camp No AZ P. o. S. of A.
L%inoleume, oil cloths, oil-cloth patterns
and a new line of cheap wall paper at the
~ nr., 49,