The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-02-20
LOCAL NEWS.

Thursday will be Washington,
birthday.
A county convention of the Senior
Mechanics will be held at Hedding to
night.
The knights of Pythias conferred
the third degree on two candidates al
its meeting on Friday night.
Armour Union will meet at the
home of Mrs. Leon Buzby, 1874 But
tonwood street, on Thursday evening.
A baby girl arrived in the family Of
township engineer Benjamin A, Sleep
or, at Burlington, on Sunday of las,
week.
The Parent Teacher Association is
arranging for the purchase OF stereop.
tican, which will be presented to the
school.
Miss Sarah b. Citizens, the COM
plainant. purchased the property Of
Thomas Beebe, at Buddtown, at sh5r-
IFS sale on Thursday.
On the 18th of this month Henry B.
yansciver died at his home in River
side, aged IS years. On Saturday his
widow died at the same age.
Richard H. Rogers went to Penns.
grove last week, having secured POI
sition there as manager Of the store
connected with the ammunition plant.
Samuel c. Stanton win represent
the local lodge of knights OF Pythias
ct the grand session of that order to be
held at Trenton on Wednesday and
Thursday.
About q hundred members OF the
patriotic societies attended service ut
the Methodist church on Sunday even
ing. Rev. T. S. Hammond delivered
very interesting sermon on Abraham
Lincoln.
The Methodist Sunday school will
hold social in the lecture room Of that
church on Friday evening. The COM
mittee in charge Of this affair has an
nounced AN interesting program for
the event.
Quite delegation of the patriotic
orders OF Mount Holly will go to Lum-
berton Sunday evening to attend ser
vice at the Methodist church at that
place. Rev. William E. Zimmerman
will preach special patriotic sermon.
Postmaster Reed has been instructed
to advertise for bids for carrying the
mails between the post Office and the
railroad station in Mount Holly. The
bids must be in by the first of March.
Any information on the subject may
be secured by application to ths post
master.
Mrs. Charles w Stockton. president
Of the New Jersey State Federation OF
Women's Clubs. will be at Burlington
tomorrow as the guest Of the civic
league The Mount Holly. Beverly,
Riverton, Moorestown and Bordentown
clubs have been invited to attend a
meeting at three o'cIock
A variety shower was given by Miss
Anna Stiles and Mrs. Everitt Amber
son, at the home Of the, former at
Columbus, last week, for Miss Priscilla
Tallman. in honor of her approaching
marriage to Grafton Stevenson, Of |
Mount Holly Miss TaIlman received
many beautiful and useful gifts.
The annual meeting and dinner OF
the Burlington County Funeral Direct
ors' Association was held at the Metro
politan Inn, Burlington, on Wednes-
day, with large attendance. George |
w. Slack, OF Burlington, was elected |
president, and William Grobler, of |
Moorestown, secretary and treasurer |
The next meeting will be held at Tuck
erton in July.
Passengers on the train arriving at |
Mount Holly at $3.50 Friday afternoon |
were somewhat startled at seeing a |
man carried from car on stretcher
1t was learned that he was James A. |
Brest. He had been working at Du-
Points and was taken with pneumonia
Unable 10 get him into Philadelphia |
hospital his relatives decided to bring
him to his home at Lumberton. Hell
died on Sunday.
The Trenton Fair has ava rded q con-
tract for coliseum with seating ga
pacity OF $500 and quarters for the
show stock entered. There will be q |
tan bark track for judging horses and
cattle. The present horse show build
ing will be converted into q poultry
building and the present structure in
which the poultry is shown will be
used as dining hall. The cost OF the i
new coliseum will be sl2. 1886.
The clergymen who will preach at
the special Friday evening services in
st. Andrews church during Lent, are
as follows: March 2. Rev. Horace T.
Owen, st. Paul's. Trenton; March 8,
Rev. ]. K. Moorhouse, Calvary. Con-
shohocken: March 16. Rev. Jno. w.
Oil. Holy Trinity. Collingswood;
March %, Rev. w. H. Anthony, Eddy
stone; March 80, Rev. Norman v. P.
Lewis, Church of the Incarnation,
Philadelphia.
Several members of the Ladies' Aid
Of the G. A. R. visited the Grand Army
Post on Friday evening and presented
to the Post check for $40, which was
the result Of the baked bean supper re-
Gently given. The members Of the
Grand Amy feel very much indebted
to the ladies for the great assistance
rendered them since they organized
this society. They realize that il it
had not been for their help the Post
could not have existed.
While driving his automobile down
High street. Late on Friday night, DIR.
g. w. VanDerveer met with an acct
dent by striking and breaking an avn
ing post at Aliens drug store, and
colliding with an electric light pole.
from which large piece Of wood was
broken. The car sustained damage to
its head lights. radiator, fender and
spring. The physician was not in
iursd. He was driving very slowly at
the time. as the street was covered with
ice and snow and the car had skiddsd
considerably from Garden street TO the
place OF the accident.
There was big time among the