The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-03-07
LOCAL NEWS.

son avenue to Pine street last week.
The Burlington County Firemen's Al
ISOLATION will hold its next meeting 9
Palmyra on March rs.
George G. Dennis has purchased
three-ton automobile truck for use in hi
express and hauling business.
The senior class OF the Mount Holl,
high school will give leap year dane
in the Masonic Temple on March IT.
There were persons baptised and l.
received into membership at the
Methodist church on Sunday morning.
George Adye win shortly remove from
Brainsrd street to the property at the
corner Of Broad street and Mount Holly
avenue.
pruning demonstration at the farm of
Walter Kirby, near Columbus, Thurs
day afternoon.
Mrs. George Haines has moved from
her farm on the Burlington road to the
property on Broad street she recently
purchased OF Harry v. Kester.
Joshua Hults. who has been fireman
on the Medford branch of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad for a number of years,
was retired on the pension list on the
first OF March.
The township committee has appoint
ed Garret d. w. Slack a special deputy
tax collector to take charge Of the COL
lection Of delinquent personal. dog and
poll taxes for 1914.
The recent sleet storm whipped the
flag Of the public school to pieces and
Washington Council No. 5, Jr. o. U. A.
M, has arranged TO present the institu-
ton with new one.
The fifty-fourth annual meeting OF
the Building and Loan Association OF
Mount Holly, will be held next Monday
evening at lib High street. Officers will
be elected and new series Of stock is
sued.
A number of members Of Washington
Camp No. II, P. o. s. of A., will partici- |
pate in the P. o. 8. of A. parade and
rally to be held by the state officers of
that order in Camden on Saturday
night.
A number Of citizens of Rancocas are
interested in q project to furnish an ar
tesian water supply to that town. En-
gineer James Logan has prepared plans
ocf{ fe,uf for I, oeFo
viii be made to secure the necessary
funds.
About one hundred members of the |
Masonic fraternity attended the service |
at the Methodist church on Sunday
night. Rev. Joseph L. Surtees, who is
. member Of the order, preached an elo- |
qusnt sermon ON the theme, ''rhe
Sheltering Man."
Joseph ELLINGTON will give an illus
trated lecture, "A Glimpse into the
Everyday Life of China and Japan in
the Friends meeting house, on Tuesday
evening, March IA. at eight o'clock. The
lecture will be under the auspices of the
Young Friends Association, and silver
offering will be taken.
At the meeting Of Marion Circle No. 8, |
Brotherhood of America, tomorrow
night. the grand officers Of the body will |
DO present. and it is requested that all |
members make special effort to be |
present. Smithville Circle and Lady
Marion Home No. 6, will also be present |
A collation. will be served.
Tentative plans for the 400 mile endur-
ance run of the New Jersey Motor Cycle
club have been outlined. The route will |
practically circle the state. The riders |
will leave Newark ON the night of May
Is. going to Red Bank, and thence to
Toms River, where they will arrive
about midnight. From there they will |
come to Mount Holly. and from here to |
Trenton and Newark. Over one hun
bred motor cycles are expected to take
part.
At the meeting of the Loyal Sisters |
Bible class of the M. E. Sunday school, |
which was held at the home OF Mrs |
Royden N. Carly on Thursday after |
noon, the following officers were elected: |
President, Mrs. Charles H. Warner; vice |
president, Mrs. Burr G. Wright; secre-
tary, Miss Emma Zelley; assistant secre-
tary, Mrs. Royden N. Carty; treasurer,
Mrs. John N. Carly; teacher, Mrs. Charles
III. Crammer. A very enjoyable social |
followed the business session.
The special preachers at the Friday |
evening services at st. Andrews church |
during Lent will be as follows: March 10, |
Rev. Milton A. Craft, Grace Church
Trenton; March II, Rev. Charles NJ |
Perkins, Trinity Church, Vineland
March "a, Rev. Alfred ]. P. Mcclure,
treasurer General Clergy Relief Fund. |
Philadelphia; March 81, Rev. Frederick |
A. Warden. Trinity Church, Moores-
town; April 7, Rev. A. Judson Arnold, |
secretary Church House, Philadelphia;
April IA. Rev. Norman v. P. Lewis,
Church Of the Incarnation, Philadel- |
phia.
The FIRE department was called into
service Wednesday afternoon to extin- |
guish blaze that originated in the cellar |
ofthe store property of J. Harry Halt, on
Main street. The family being on the
upper floor, the flames made consider
Roadway in the cellar and kitchen be-
fore being discovered by Mr.. Halt, who
smelled smoke and started to investi-
gate. The America chemical engine
took care of the blazing kitchen, and
plug streams poured into the cellar ex-
tinguished the flames there. Consider
able damage was done by smoke through
the entire property.
Mrs. William Calvin Chiffon, mono
dranist, will be the next and final at
traction Of the Lyceum course for this
season. Mrs. Chiffon will be at the
Methodist church next Tuesday evening,
March 14th. She will present 1.-THE
Lady from Oklahoma" which lisa de-
lightfully funny three-act comedy con-
csrning the uneducated but shrewd wife
Of Senator from Oklahoma and the
seven months strenuous mental and
physical culture which change her into
o charming woman, sufficiently brilliant
to rescue her husband from the tolls of q
woman lobbyist in Washington. This
interesting comedy will prove delight
full vehicle for Mrs. Chilton's inimitable
character portrayals, which have made
her such universal favorite. This will