The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-12-18
Christmas-one week from today.

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reserves.
The Burlington county P. o. s. oil
A. will hold district meeting at De-
lance tonight.
George w. Durand is now connected
with the American store at Mill and
White streets.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry F. Jones, OF
Riverton. are being congratulated upon
the birth of SON, last week,
The Mount Holly schools will close
on Friday for the Christmas vacation.
They will reopen on Wednesday, jan
uary 2.
The Mission Sunday school will
have their Christmas entertainment
next Sunday evening in the old Brain
ard school house.
Miss Emma L. Farwell, of Camden,
has been added to the corps Of helping
teachers connected with the Burling-
ton county schools.
Lieutenant Jerome G.. Harris, who
recently received his commission at
Fort Myer, Va, reported for duty at
Charlotte, N. c., yesterday.
Miss Blanche Dilks, of Delanco, will
speak at a meeting of Armour Union,
to be held tonight at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Samuel Hart, Union street.
George M. Hillman, of Moorestown,
and Charles r. Rauth, of Burlington,
have been named to represent Burling-
ton county in the conservation Of fuel.
Mrs Daniella Endicott, of Mount
Holly, announces the engagement of
her daughter, Miss Leah Marie Endi-
colt, TO Anthony ]. Corio, Of Atlantic
City.
Miss Maud Gibbs, of Washington
street, has given up drsssmaking and
is at the Stanwick avenue railroad tow
er receiving instructions in the block
signal service.
Raymond E. Thomson, of Mount
Holly, has been elected assistant cash.
Ter OF the First National Bank, of
Wrightstown, and began his duties
there yesterday morning.
Next Tuesday being Christmas day,
THE NEWS will be issued on Monday
afternoon. 1t Is requested that adver-
Using copy and other matter intended
for publication in that issue, be sent to
this Office not later than Friday morn
ing.
Word has been received that Colby
Worrell, son Of the late Palmer Wor-
rell, formerly of Buddtown, was killed
in the trenches in France during
Thanksgiving week. The young man
was connected with the engineering
corps.
Being guided by Mrs. Charles Laes-
sic, the children who attend the STAN
wick branch of the public school sys-
tenn, are knitting quilt for soldier
at Camp Dix. When completed it
will have 1913 squares, with an Ameri-
can flag in the center.
Twenty-eight petitions for naturali-
zation are on file in the county clerks
Office. They will be heard by Judge
Lippincott on December %. Some of
the petitioners are subjects OF enemy
countries and under ruling of the
State Department they cannot be
naturalized during the war.
Among the soldiers from Camp Dix
who have visited Mount Holly Satur-
day evenings, and been entertained
by the people of the town, is Sergeant
Harry Mayfisld, who is connected with
the base hospital. His home is in
Chicago, and he will get ten days fur
Tough, leaving for his home Friday
evening.
Senator Wells and others of prom
nance will address Red Cross Mem
bership Drive meeting to be held in
the Pemberton high school auditorium
tomorrow evening at eight o'clock.
An unusually attractive program has
been arranged for this meeting. The
309th Regiment Band OF Camp Dix
will furnish music and a quartet from
Camp Dix will sing.
Camoufage is not a new military
term developed by the war. On the
contrary, it is an old slang word of the
French stage. intended to be descrip-
tive of the makeup Of the actors. In
its military sense, in which it is now
popularity known. the term refers to
the art of SO concealing or Disgusting
an object that the enemy cannot recog-
nize it for what it is. For instance,
peaceful rock is discovered when too
late to be death-dealing gun.
There will be at the court house
daily, from nins-thirty, a. M, until
five, one member of q committee asso-
ciatsd with the draft committee recent
ly appointed, who will aid all who are
required to fill out the questionaires
requisite to comply with the new draft
regulations. These questionaires are
quite complicated and the committee
that will be at the court house will do
all in its power to see that the replies
are made with as little trouble as pos
sible.
A movement has been started to
raise fund of $500. 900 by billiard and
bowling players in the United States
to furnish and equip 300 ambulances
to be presented to the American army
in France. To aid this cause there
will be bowling contest between
ladies tomorrow "wednesday night,
at Kropp's alleys, Mill street, the pro-
ceeds to 60 to the sbove-named fund.
The teams will be composed Of five
ladies from Burlington and five from
Mount Holly. An admission of is
cents will be charged.
At the meeting Of the County Board
of Education, Saturday, one speaker
referred to the good work that could be
done If a live truant officer twas on the
job and the matter was properly pre-
sentsd to the court. We have both Of
these systems working in Mount Holly.
Samuel K. Gaskill is doing his part in
rounding up the truants and their pa
rents, and when they get before Judge
Llppincott he gives all concerned good
advice and chance to do what is
right. If his leniency is abused be
tries something more to the point.
Word has been received of the mar
riage of Miss Helen Ridgly Morris,
daughter of the late Anthony Morris,