The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-10-23

| misses MatllOa hnOuai VI DURING
ton, and Louise Frazier, of Mount
Holly, motored to Bryn Mawr, Pa, on
Sunday.
The class Of 1920 Of the Mount Holly
high school will hold Halloween re-
lception in the school auditorium on
Friday evening.
The John Woolman memorial house,
on Branch street, is to be made more
attractiye to it's many visitors by the
installation of furnace.
The Wrightstown station is being
enlarged to twice its present size, in
order that the new business may be
handled with greater facility.
DR.. r. s. Clarke has gone to New
York to attend the meeting of the
National Dental Society. He will re-
main in that city until Friday evening.
Raymond w. Sprow, who is now en-
ployed in the printing department Of
the Taubel mills at Riverside, will
remove his family to Delanco next
week.
Rev. Richard H. Baker, a former
pastor of the Mount Holly Baptist
church, now living in Brooklyn, and
Mrs. Baker, were calling on old friends
here last week.
William F. Lincoln has purchased
the Mount Holly vulcanizing station
and will continue the tire repairing
business under the name of Lincoln's
tire shop, at 81 Washington street.
James HOPPER, Of Boonton, one of
the constructing superintendent for
Irwin & Leighton, at Wrightstown,
was arrested and committed to Jail last
week on charge of fraudulently OBJ
tanning 1891 from his employers by
collecting wages for men not on the
pay roll.
John w. Lippincott, who had con-
Quoted a grocery store at Mill and
Green streets for q number of years,
died at his home on Monday night Of
last week from complication of diseases
with which he had long been afflicted.
He is survived by widow, daughter
and two sons.
The wedding of Philip 8. Irons, Jr..
and Miss Emily Gaskill, daughter of
Charles F. Gaskill, took place at the
Presbyterian church at noon on Satur-
day. Rev. Luther M. Bicknell, pastor
of the church, officiated. Miss Mildred
Reeve, Of Medford, attended the bride,
and Allen M. Hatcher acted as best
man. The ushers were Joseph c.
Irons and Charles Gaskill. After the
ceremony there was reception at the
brides home on the farm opposite the
fair ground. The newly married couple
are on a tour to Buck Hill Falls, Pa.
In the lodge room of Mount Holly
and Unity Lodge Of Odd Fellows,
Wednesday evening, there were num-
Der of members Of the order from this
county, to attend a district meeting
for the purpose of electing a district
deputy. Horace Jones, of near Moores-
town, was chosen. Among the promi-
nent Odd Fellows present were Grand
Master Charles A. Mace rossan, of Pal
myra; Grand Secretary Harry 8. Pine,
of Trenton; Grand Treasurer Joseph r.
Deacon, Of Bordentown; and Grand
Marshal John B. Stratton, OF Mount |
Royal.
The Mount Holly Red Cross Associa.
ton held very interesting meeting,
Friday evening. AT the election for |
officers the position of president was
not filed. The other officers are: First |
vice president, Mrs. V. Claude Palmer;
second vice president. Mrs. Harry 1.
Cooper; secretary, Miss Mamie Nc
earthly; treasurer, Mrs. Nelson Dew. |
Pumyea. A very interesting address
was delivered by Rev. John Watchorn,
of Philadelphia, which was greatly en-
ioyed by those present, but owing to
the inelemency of the weather the au-
dience was small.
There have been several stories of |
persons being held up for small sums,
but the latest comes by way of Media,
Pa. A man went before the police |
court of Chester, and made complaint
against Joseph Mccartney, of Wilkes
barre, and Joseph Miller, who gave his
residence as Wrightstown. The COM
plainant did not speak loud enough for |
the magistrate to hear him distinctly !
and the man was requested to talk
louder, but he could not. A police
man had to explain that the complain
ant had been robbed Of his false teeth, |
which were found in McCartney's
pocket.
The adiutant of General A. E. Shiras
Post No. 26, G. A. R., has written the
following letter to THE News: 1--WE
have noticed the young soldiers from
Camp Dix who visit our town. They |
are strangers, and when they get tired |
walking around they sit on doorsteps.
Post 26 proposes to do something for
the comfort Of these young comrades"
and will keep the Post room open every |
Saturday evening and the visiting |
soldiers will be cordially welcomed. |
The room will be warm and comfort
able. Those who use it will be furn-
ished writing materials, and we pro.
pose to show them an old-fashioned |
campfire of the G. A. r. kind, with |
clay pipes and tobacco. and the old
and the new soldiers may exchange
experiences. /"
There was special meeting of the |
Board Of Freeholders, Tuesday, to con-
slider the request of the Pennsylvania |
Railroad Company to lay another track
across the public road at North Penn
berton station. This was not ''cut |
and dried" affair, but there was con.
siderable discussion on the subject, and |
the matter was only settled by insert
ing in the consent to extend the track
clause that safety gates must be oper-
ated at all times. There is great deal
CT travel over the railroad tracks at
North Pemberton and the place is now
guarded by woman who displays
stop" signal, and even at that some
Of the automobile drivers think they
can get over the track ahead of the
train. The consent of the Public IT'LL
tiles Commission must be given before
another grade crossing can be estab-
lished. 1t is said the laying Of another