The Penn's Grove record., 1917-03-09
HAPPENINGS ABOUT HOME.
What Is Occurring And Being Talked
About In The Borough and township

The ground bog j. Ie ping up bis ito-
oid Tor stormy wta iiet.
The Board Of Eiucsriou VIII ak Tor
sl9,OtO specIsl school tax this wear
A lew si'ad bave bseu caught iu the
A%'tah"is liver, AZ Dafien, Ga
Very few Prrs jrove men Will fish
Tor siiad this year
Hand venr name AID address 20 Post
master : l. Ronue - yol can have ,ntt
nFil delivered by Gamer
Tie cut in which Yrs pat the iron
pipes ioi tie Cove bridge Was filled in on
Nrdm sday
~ = carly gardeners ard TRUCKERS aie
a"Alti"g au eAil. sp.'mg. they hope TO
gro" rf"daer To catch The high prices.
because of tousilitis, Rev. W. A.
Boyd Was unable to preach last Sunday
DAVID English had charge of the ser
VICE.
Tie Ladies' Aid Of Emmanuel Church
VIII hold a bazaar on March 23i and
24tl 10 the apartments OF Cooks build
ing over the post Office at Union corner.
Tie executive Committee of the Inter.
State Milk Producers Association has
nxed tile price for milk for March at five
and a half cents q quart.
The l-cent drop letter has been ahol.
lslied IN Fenus Grove since the carriers
started. All lette,s now require a 2-cent
stamp.
Carney Point post office, which, has
been III the fourth-class since il Was
opened March |, 1916, will he put in the
tbnd-class on April LIST.
People III Fenns Grove have al. ealy
begun 10 save for next Christmas. lie
Christmas Club savings in Peoples Bank
is larger row than at the end OF lest
year.
The stone road bed from Oak Street
TO Plant 2 IL standing mp. good under the
thaw aud will make an excellent founda-
ton Tor the bituniin0us top to be put on
this year.
The triplets. George, James aud Edna
Griffith, born three weeks ago, are grow
ing nicely. They had their first por-
traits taken on Wednesday by a daily
paper reporter.
White potatoes are retailing for 81 a
basket. That is nearly six cents a pound
tious rice can be boysi'F ) FIVE ",o'e ee %TS'l a
P' Tns od AIeIast1SA1sSesHslygRt q. IA. Sf1[en
gave their pastor $3.50 above his saIar
OF $1,000, which amount has been given
above expenses. rhe benevolent collec-
tions were nearly double OF last year.
MIS-. Amy Homer will address the set-
vice at st Panl's M. f. Church next
Sunday, and K. Dodge La Gnaidia, Sec
RETRY OF the Foreign Branch Y. NJ. G. A.
at Carney Point, will speak at the even
ing service on file Immigrant"
A party nom Penns Grove Board of
Education went to Trenton on Tuesday
to swelLilie delegation there to speak for
a normal school for teachers training
in South jersey. Woodbury. is the place
where it should be.
A delegation OF official members of the
First NJ. f. Church, Salem, attended
Emmanuel Church OH 25lh ult Rev.
w. A. Boyd has accepted an invitation
to become pastor theIe where the salary
is $500. That will be an increase OF
SlG0 for him.
Capt. Samuel NJ. Denny, Maurice Hill
man and John Warren went to Norfolk.
Va, last Sunday to bring the ste mel
Aven Belle to Penns Grove. She is a
screw steamer OF $50, bought by Capt.
Denny with which to transport tomatoes
to Baltimore.
The Woodstown Monitor Register ap-
peared IN a new dress suit last week, made
on the new lnter-type setting machine
just installed, which will give a new dress
each week. We congratulate brother
Benjamin Patterson on the fact that the
prosperity has at last struck him.
The United States Bureau of Agricul.
cure says: Every destructive insect is
OH the bill-of-fare of one or more of our
native birds" The New Jersey State
Fish and Game Commission also finds
that: Every native bird that destroys
insects is on the menu OF our New JERSEY
cats"
The state road between Penns Grove
and Pedricktown has been almost im-
passable in places during the past two
weeks, especially by motor vehicles.
The quicksand bottom had so much
water that the clay-gravel surface was
saturated and broke thru.
After being off Tor repairs since the
first OF the year, the ferry BOAT Long
Beach resumed her run on the line be-
tween WILMINGTON and Penns Grove last
Sunday. The Brandy wine las resumed
her run on the line between Pliladel-
phia and Wilmington.
Penns Grove Temple, Camels of the
World, has been granted permission to
.,ADn 30 49,
campaign to increase the membership.
BY joining now new members can save
$40 on the initiation lee. Application
blanks can be had from r. NJ. Walker,
l03 Pitman Street.
Did 1t ever occur TO you that our ad-
vertlsing columns contain some OF the
best news TO be found in the paper -?
You must never neglect to look over the
"Cent-a-Words," because they are a
mine OF valuable information. Rooms
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