The Penn's Grove record., 1916-04-28
ABOUT HOME
What Is Occurring And Being Talked
About In The Borough and Township
May day next Monday.

May day next Monday.
Dwellings with modern conveniences
are IN great demand.
April showers have been warm and
gentle to bring May flowers.
Now doth the merry microbes work
IN sunshine and III shower.
They furnish food tor every plant,
For fruit and every flower.
The Executive Committee OF the Inter-
State Milk Producers Association has
hxed the wholesale price OF milk for Nav
at a cents e quart.
Mrs. Peters wife OF Rev. Fred J. Peters,
sustained a painful fall down stairs last
saturday night and was confined to her
oed several days with a severely sprain-
ed ankle.
AT Carney Point Y. NJ. C. A. Spanish
10 taught to a class of Is young men bv
an instructor from Wilmington. A class
OF 10 Italians, aud a class of 80 Russians
are taught English.
William Richman of Sharptown. has
put a Tin new truck on the route to
carry ice cream to Penns Grove. From
- ~ liz NiAPS III QdIlN hltH
ice cream, two tons to a load.
Edward Silvers SAYS that Editor Sum-
meull, of tile penns Grove Record. has
nothing on him in the way Of potatoes, as
he bug five last week that made a mess
iof his iamily.-Woodbury Times.
Penns Grove Improvement Company
has bought James Workman's residence
on South Street near Union Corner. 1t
Will be moved an a threatre to seat 1000
persons erected on the site by a stock
company.
The landing of Wilmington workmen
at Deep Water Point by the ferry boat
and the running of three trains from
Penns Grove has reduced the number OF
Jitneys to about twenty. Because of bad
roads 70 cents fares are charged to Plant
2.
The temperature rose to 81 in the sun
last Friday and made the buds swell and
bust. The PINK peach blooms appeared
and the green blades of grass spang up.
The electrical power of the sun brought
a thunder shower which soaked the
earth.
Clean up your premises. The State
Health authorities wish you to believe
that the malignant bacteria will kill you
If you do not. John WesIy said:
Cleanliness is, in deed, rex to Godli-
nesss". Clean up for the love of the act,
even il you do not have the fear of sick
ness.
The City of Camden, the Wilson Line
steamer under construction at-tlte Harlan
d Holllngsworth %shipyard, Wilmington,
Is fast nearing completion. The life
boats recently delivered by the Drien
Company have been placed in position
and painters have started to paint the
boat white.
The rails for the trolley road were laid
on South Broad Street to the Cove mea-
dow OH Thursday night. The e~xcavator
skipped from there to the Cove Lane and
this Friday is working between the rail
road crossing and the big oak. Large
poles for the wives are being distributed
along the route. Some have been set at
the Cove school house.
Last Wednesday night the voters at
Gibbstown decided t. issue $4,000 in
bonds for a new school house by a vote
OF % to 3. A new M. E. Church to cost
$1,000 is to be erected at Gibbstown.
Nearly 50, 900 have been raised and the
duPonts have promised $1,000 on condi-
ton that the desired amount is SUBJ
scribed.
BIGGEST and BEST exclusive stock of
Latest Style HATS in Wilmington at
DUBELL's, No. 2 East Third Street, Chill
drens Hats a Specially. 81