The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-07-03
LOCAL NEWS.

The strawberry tea recently held a
the children's home Melted about So
for the institution.
The regular meeting Of Rancoca
Grange, scheduled for tomorrow, hal
been postponed until July IS.
The Queen Esther Circle of the M
E. church held picnic at Rancocal
Park last Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Josephine Hendrickson, o
Broad street, has entered the stat'
summer school at Collingswood.
Adjutant General Charles w. Barber
was elected brigadier general Of the
New jersey National Guard last week
Jerome G. Harris and F. Edwin EN-
bree are working with the engineering
gang at the Wrightstown military
camp.
The regular meeting of the North.
ampton fire police will be held in the
America hose house this evening al
eight o'clock.
Miss Cecilia A. Madden has closed
her millinery store in Mount Holly
and opened similar establishment al
Merchantville.
Edward w. Ancker, of Pemberton
well known in the county, has been
appointed an assistant train master
with headquarters at Wrightstown.l
The next meeting of the Burlington
County Federation of Patriotic and
Religious Fraternities will be held in
Mount Holly next Monday evening.
Norman w. Harker, of Mount Holly,
10 now associated with John d. Nc
Mullin. Of Moorestown, with law offices
at sol Lincoln building, Philadelphia.
The marriage of Miss Marian f.
Shlnn and George E. Flenard, both OF
Mount Holly, occurred on Tuesday.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
L. NJ. Bicknell.
Mrs. John Tyler, of Burlington, who
before her marriage was Louisa Weldie,
Of Mount Holly, is in the Burlington
county hospital, where she will undergo
delicate operation this week.
Mrs. Bertha s. Titus, who made
many friends in Mount Holly as plat
form manager of this years Chautau-
qua, will have charge Of the Toms
River Chautauqua in August.
THE News Office has for free dis
tribution a number of copies Of the
government bulletin giving directions
for drying fruits and vegetables in the
home, with recipes for cooking.
The New Jersey Grand Lodge of Odd
Fellows will present medal with the
name and number of the lodge in
scribed upon it, to each member of the
order who enlists during the war.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany has cut 1O2 fast passenger trains
from the schedule which went into
effect on Sunday. These are on the
main lines east Of Pittsburgh. The
trains covered $500 miles daily.
While picking cherries one day last
week, J.. Walter Sheeler, the local
newspaper dealer, fell out of ia
tree, distance of about twenty feet.
Fortunately he escaped injury, receiv-
ing only scratch on his face. He
says that he knows how to fall.
After occupying the room in the
Mirror building for number of years,
the lodge Of Odd Fellows has removed
to the third story of the Gaskill build
ing, corner of High and Murrell streets.
The first meeting in the new quarters
was held on Wednesday evening.
District exemption boards for the
military draft were announced by the
government last week. The personnel
of the Burlington county boards is as
follows: First district, William T.
stecher, Harry L. Knight. DR.. R. C.
Darlington. Second district, William
d. Lippincott, Thomas Lee, DIR. s. r.
Maui. Third district, Charles A. Rigg,
Richard P. Hughes, DR.. N. FL. Chaffee.
At the meeting of the Ushers' Union
OF the Methodist church, which was
held in the church parlor, last Tuesday
evening, the following officers were
elected: President. William H. Dobbins;
vice president, Leonidas s. Boyce;
secretary, Nathan Miller; treasurer, ].
Frank Scattergood; executive COM
mittee. Willard F. Lippincott and
Raymond w. Sprow.
E. H. Moore, of Philadelphia, was
arrested in that city last week and
brought to Jail here on charges of de-
frauding number of residents of Bur-
lington and Riverside OF $3.50 each.
He alleged that he represented a silver
ware concern and sold coupons for
silver at such attractive prices that
number of people were stung. No sill
verwars arrived as had been promised.
Detective Parker Investigated the case
and had the man arrested.
A patriotic trap shooting match for
the benefit of the ''Trapshooters of
America Red Cross Ambulance Fund"
will be held at o'clock tomorrow
morning at Samuel Jones' field, corner
Of Ridgway street and the Jackson
Vile road. These events are being held
all over the country, and the entry fees
will be used to equip an ambulance
unit to be sent to France as the gift of
the trapshooters of America. All gun
ners are invited to compete tomorrow.
Richard Harker has sold his hotel at
Pointville to a man named Church,
who lives in Jersey City. The price
paid for the property is $4,000, and
the deal was closed on June %. The
property comprises the hotel, with q
frontage of land of 1900 feet, and Sacres
of land. Mr.. Harker is to be allowed
to gather all OF his crops up to the first
of September, when the new owner
will take possession, and may continue
to do this after that date if Mr.. Church
SO permits. Mr.. Harker will builG
q residence on the corner oppo
site the hotel. 1t is not known to wha
use the hotel is to be put.
The summer meeting Of the Women
Burlington County Historical Society
was held Wednesday afternoon at tn
Green Hill farm of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
III. Albertson, near Burlington. Tt
attendance was large. Frank Stewars
of Woodbury.. read an Interesting pa