The Penn's Grove record., 1916-04-07
HAPPENINGS ABOUT HOME.
Hnal Is Occurring And Being Talked
About In The Borough and township

Peter Raymond is enlarging the front
room OF his residence.
Mrs. Peter Raymond has two large Airi-
can iIilIes ia lull bloom on her porch.
A pile driver began driving piIing last
thursday afternoon tor the extentien of
Fehts Grove Pier $50 feet.
Oghurn Lynch, son of Rev. j. w.
Lynch has been here only two weeks but
has erected lis wireless telegraph.
w. W. Brown has opened his large
holtel building at the corner of Beach
and Mayor Avenues and named it the
Oxford.
While fine spring weather has prevail
ed tins week a chilly northwest wind
pulled the tempature down to 80 this
Friday morning.
Capt. w. p. Wright has bought o. Mrs.
Emma Whitaker the property adjoining
his residence on Main Street and will
erect thereon building for stores.
Penns Grove will be invaded by school
teachers and scholars to engage in the
spelling contest Tomorrow, Saturday.
Ihey should be given a cordial welcome.
Edward Maher, manager of French's
hotel, is having an addition built 10 the
side OF the hotel where the flower house
formerly was, which will be for a barber
shop.
The Township Committee has elected
Homer Wright to be assessor for Upper
Penns Neck, to fll the vacancy caused
by Willard Layton moving from the
Township.
George Reed has moved onto Frank
Aliens farm in ~Pilesgrove. Furman
Fenton, Jr., has moved on to the farm
his father-in-law George Straughn bought
oil John W. Brandriff, near Courses
Landing.
Edwin Leap having moved into his
ine new house erected OH a lot bought
off Joseph Lawerence's farm opposite
Riverview, dupont Village. Albert
McCarson succeeded him on Mrs. Hannah
j. Summerill's farm.
Farmers, fishermen and oystermen are
unable to employ needed help because
men are getting much larger wages at
factories making war supplies for Europe.
A smaller acreage will be titled. A small
er crop may be as renUmerative at higher
prices.
Parties interested in the Salem and
Penhs Grove Trolley Company have
bought the controlling interest OF the
Penns Grove Electric Light, Heat and
Power Company stock. The plant in
Penis Grove will be enlarged to furnish
power for the Trolley cars.
Joseph NJ. Whitesell and Charles BEL
KNAPP vert to Bayside last Monday with
shad fishing outfit. One Tuesday
they caught two sbad, the first by Penns
Grove fishermen. Very few will fish for
shad this year. Capt. Samuel NJ. Denny
intends to run a boat from Bayside to
take shad from along the Bay and River
to Philadelphia Market as he HAS for
fifty years. ga. 4RT fTH
The DUPONT Company begin running a
special train this Friday night to-
carry persons from the station west OF
Riverview to Penns Grove to accommodate
persons who wish to attend the Taber-
nacle services. The train lea yes River.
view every night at z o'clock and leaves
Railroad Avenue station at 9.45. Men
are charged five cents, women and chill.
dren travel free.
The Bell Telephone Company, like the
Gas Company, are laying under ground
pipes thru which to place telephone
cables. and the expense of tearing up
the improved street when finish. The
Borough fathers do not see a like Deces-
sity for a pipe in the middle oil
the street, Our children will pay for
tearing up the road and rebuilding it
after the sewer pipe is laid in future years.
Work at grading the road for the troll
ley was suspended the past week in
Upper Penns Neck Township because
the workmen struck for higher wages.
Pugh q Hubbard Co., Philadelphia, con.
tractors started digging to the middle of
Main Street with a dozen workmen last
Thursday afternoon. They began at
Penn st. A steam shovel excavator
scooped out the oyster shells and earth
after m men had dug out the stone sur
lace with picks and shovels. The men
get 1925 a day.