The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-12-04

Mrs. John Barriger, of st. Louis.
has been visiting her sisterin law
Mrs. Henry H. Savage
The Farmers Trust Company has
decided not to give banquet at the
:. annual meeting next January.
Letters for Miss Viola Haines, C. V.
Nase, s. c. Stafford and Miss Mary E.
johnson remain unclaimed in the post
Office.
;. Mrs. Ray o. VanArsdale has closed
her bungalow in Lumberton, and will
> make her home for the winter in
Mount Holly.
Benjamin Aaronson retired from the
service of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company last week, after working for
the corporation for 80 years.
The annual meeting of the stock
: holders Of the Burlington County
Farmers Exchange will be held at the
court house next Saturday.
Jack McIlroy, OF Mount Holly, a
lieutenant OF artillery, at Fort McClel-
) Ian, has been granted an honorable
discharge, owing to ill health.
Fred l.. Owen, OF Madison avenue,
went to Green Bank, last week, and
tried his luck at cunning. He got six
rabbits the first day he was out.
John P. Lavery, letter carrier at
the Mount Holly posttoffice, has en-
listed in the quartermaster' depart
ment OF the army and left on Friday
to report at Washington.
The 7.45 p. m. train from Camden
Sunday evening, which was due at
Mount Holly at 1888, was nearly an
hour late. Apparently the engine was
not powerful enough to pull the heavy
train.
Soldiers who come to Mount Holly
say that there is not any place they go
to where they are treated as nicely as
they are here. Mount Holly has very
high reputation at Camp Dix for hos
pitality.
| About thirty soldiers from Camp !
Dix were served fine dinner, on
Thanksgiving day, in the soldiers
club house, Mount Holly. The affair |
was under the direction OF the COM
mittee in charge OF the club house.
Edward Y. Gunsche, who has been |
employed at DR.. Hymns drug store
for several years, recently passed
civil service examination for clerk in |
the Mount Holly post office, and en-
tered upon his new duties yesterday.
The military draft and voluntary en-
listments have taken a number of |
young men who have canoes stored in
Mount Holly. At Hacks wharf some
eight or ten canoes are offered for sale
because OF their owners being in the
military or naval service.
Job Collins has gone on duty as
night turnkey at the Jail. There had
been a special man on while the &C
cused murderers were in custody,
Clarence v. Homer acting. He has
been relieved and George F. Coleman,
of Delanco, put in the place.
Among the priyates at Camp Dix
who last week were appointed corpor-
ais, were the following Burlington
county boys: Richard E. Holeman,
Edward F. Hodges, Harry C. Sever,
William w. Gravenstein, George l..
Horner. Horace C. Wills and Earl K.
Heisler.
A pleasant social event took place at
the home of Miss Mary Cahill on
West Washington street, Friday even
ing, when number OF friends of the
young lady called upon her unexpect-
eddy. The evening was spent in
games and dancing and refreshments
were served. |,
Rev. L. M. BickneIl spent yesterday
in Trenton, attending the patriotic and
religious rally in the First Presbyteria 3
church. The rally was conducted by t
the National Service Commission OF {
the General Assembly Of the Prssby-
terrain church and the Moderator of
the General Assembly, Rev. Wilbur J. c
Chapman, the famous evangelist, was c
present and addresse the meeting. II
There was wedding at Smithville,
Thursday, when Miss Nellie Reeves e
Willitts was married to Benjamin
Franklin Brown, OF Vincentown. The :
ceremony was performed by Rev. w.
E. Zimmerman. Only the families of s
the young couple were present. The
bride is the daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
W. Herbert Willitts, Of Smithville, at 9
whose home the wedding took place. t
Ryland E. Lippincott was home for q
few hours Wednesday. He is stationed !,
at Camp Gordon, Georgia, where he j
has been made battalion sergeant
major, connected with division head
quarters, acting as stenographer and spe- :
cial messenger. He went to Washing i
ton on Tuesday to secure some papers /
which had to be returned to camp on
Saturday morning. AS they would {
not be ready for him until Thursday,
he came home and left Washington
Thanksgiving afternoon. II
Announcement is made of the mar
riage of B. Paul Burtis, OF Washing.
ton, d. c., to Miss Alice Myers, also
of Washington, on Wednesday last
Mr.. Burtis is a son of Ellsworth H.
Burtis, of Burlington, and is employed
by the government in the Department.
of Physical Valuation of Railways
He is civil engineer by profession.
Miss Myers was teacher in one OF the
public schools OF Washington. Mr..
and Mrs. Burtis will make their resi-
dence in the capital city.
A dance for the benefit OF the Y. M.
c. A. will be given on Saturday even
Ing, at $50 o'clock, in the hall at
Smithville. The patronesses will be
Mrs. F. Wallis Armstrong, Mrs. A. ".
p. Anderson, Mrs. Charles H. Folwel,
Mrs. John r. Howell, Mrs. William H.
Hartman, Mrs. George w. Holloway,
Mrs. William ]. Trick, Mrs. John 8.
Kuser. Mrs. William H. Lippincott,
Mrs. F. B. Lee. Mrs. Caleb Ridgway,
Mrs. Walter E. Robb, Mrs. M. d.
Stokes, Mrs. f. w. Thatcher. The
subscription will be 81.
The Court Of Errors and Appeals has
reversed the decision Of Judge Carrow
in the case of Rurlin OtOn countv a ooipSt