The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-07-17
Mrs. Charles H. Engle fell from 3

l. IN one Wrlst.
r Miss Hazel Whitman, cashier at tn
Bell telephone office, is on vacation
It and her place is being filled by jaime
8 Loughry, of Trenton.
D. w. Figner, from Philadelphia,
II has been placed in charge of the trait
!. department of the Bell telephone con
t lpany. He was looking around yeste
day, observing conditions that seem {
. need attention. He has installed tw
> instructors, from Wilmington an
Trenton. Mr.. Figner says he intend
staying right here on the job, and wi
see that the telephone service is i'm
proved. He has some work on hand
In a short time the conscriptiol
machinery will be started in this coun
try. Every man subject to draft ha
been given a number, and when tina
; ing the same number in every part o
the United States, that is No. il
Mount Holly will be No. in Texas o
any other place. THE News publishe
elsewhere the registration numbers TO
the first registration district of Burling
ton County.
Edward Prince, employed by th'
Hollyford Ice Company, was badly
bitten on an arm and leg, on Sunday
morning, by dog belonging 10 Luke
Armstrong, on Monroe street. The
young man was delivering ice at the
time. A sign at the Armstrong home
warns all persons not to enter the yard
on account of the dog. Luke states
that he told Prince to leave the ice on
the front porch, and while he was sin
the house after the money the young
man went in the yard.
There are number of trees in differ.
ent parts of the town that need trim.
ming and the shade tree commission
can do good work in looking after
them. Those in front Of the public
school hang very low and brush hats,
and during rain umbrellas cannot be
carried comfortably. The top of one
OF the trees is dead and should be cut
out. The pavement in front of the
schoolhouse on the north side of the
street has been lifted in several places
by the roots Of trees and the irregular
pieces cause passsrsby to stumble.
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The entire National Guard of New
Jersey is to be modified at the Sea
Girt camp ground on July 25, in re-
Spouse to the call of President Wilson.
The men, about 10000 in number, Will
be placed under training there until
the camp in the state Of Alabama has
been mace ready for occupancy, or
they may be kept at Sea Girt until
the time for transporting to France.
Extensions of the water and sewer
facilities are being made to accommo-
date the unusually large force of
soldiers to be modified at this camp.
Anticipated difficulty in obtaining
men to carry on the postal business
has made necessary the holding OF the
usual annual convention of the State
Postmasters' Association. Officers met
in Atlantic City, Saturday evening, to
complete arrangements, and they will
call the gathering for next September
at the Hotel Traymore. The meeting
was called by William b. Loudenslager,
president of the State body, and the
members were the guests of Mayor
Bacharach, former postmaster of Atlan-
tic City, at dinner at the Traymore.
Former postmaster Cowperthwait at
tended the meeting.
The parents of Budd g. Krayer have
received letter from him. 1t is dated
Queenstown, Ireland, June %, and
was opened by Censor No. 1897, but
there was nothing in it to be erased SO
it came through without being cut.
The letter says that the oil tanker on
which Budd sailed reached Queens
town on the morning of the 23d, and
went in under the escort of United
States torpedo boat. The voyage was
made faster than was expected. The
crew of the tanker was not allowed to
go ashore, but no reason was given for
this procedure. 1t is supposed the
boat was stopped at Queenstown to
await further orders, but nobody on
board knew where the next station
would be. Going through the war
zone strict watch was maintained,
and Budd said he got about six hours
sleep out of sixty.
The fact that if person really wants
to do his bit in the great war, a way
can be provided, is illustrated in the
case of Samuel r. Gaskill, of Mount
Holly. By reason of his age he was
prevented from enlisting in the active
branch Of the military service, and on
account of being away from town from
Mondays to Saturdays he was prevent
ed from becoming a member of the
home guard here. He thereupon en-
listed as special deputy sheriff of Suf-
AOAR SOAANyS Az WAClC llC ID oDChu-
ing five days week, and is now act
ing as peace officer in the home de-
fence reserves of that county. AS he
spends every Monday night in New
York city, he asked to be enrolled as
one of the drill masters of a company
which the Pennsylvania railroad has
organized and is drilling to qualify for
officers positions. Mr.. GaskiIl by
reason of his experience as q former
member of the National Guard and
Mount Holly Light Guard, was quail
fed to be an instructor. He has been
notified that the home defence and
sheriff's reserves above referred to are
to be sworn in as militia, in order to
fill the posts of the national guard
when the latter are called to the service
of the United States.
Life guard Thomas L. Quigley had
a very busy and exciting time yester-
day afternoon when there were three
rescues made at the bathing place at the
mill dam. There was heavy pressure
of water yesterday and three of the
gates were raised, thus making a very
swift current at the bathing place.
Joseph Lawrence was the first to be
carried down and it was with some
difficulty Quigley was able to get him,
and while doing this Ole Moen became
exhausted, being caught in a whirlpool,
and called for help. Quigley got the
Lawrence boy to shore as soon as pos
sible and started back for Moen, but he
had gone down and could not be located
and Quigley ordered the gates closed