The Penn's Grove record., 1917-03-02
ABOUT HOME
WHAT Is Occurring And Being Talked
About 10 The Borough and Township

The gravel roads were never worse
during this thaw.
The new electric sign in front Of Colo.
maj Hotel is a brightly attI aciive
Shad fishermen lave begun hanging
ti'elr neis and preparing TO catch the sue
culent shad.
Horses sold for from $3.50 to $3.50. cows
from 300 to $3.50 at James L. Whitesell's
sale last week.
The ground was frozen to a depth Of
TWO leet by tile severe cold weather, but
most has thawed out.
The stone base on the road from Oak
Street to Plant 2 has kept the vehicles
out OF mud during this tliaw.
White potatoes are being sold for 81 65
a basket in Penns Grove. Seed potatoes
have sold for $l.80 a basket at a vendue.
James Huff, from Gloucester county.
has moved onto the farm Jacob X. +.
Daibow bought of s. M. Justice adjoin-
ing the Borough.
rack containing the railroad time
table las been put in Colonial Hotel. II
II something Penns Grove has long
needed for travellers.
A number OF school teachers went to
Salem last Saturday to attend a meeting
az which was arranged a program for
sport contests IN the spring.
The humble hen is now queen OF the
day. Her eggs are selling for so cents a
dozen. But don't decry the vafre-ef the
rooster TO increase the chicken crop. Ma
The Denny line steamer Green's
borough. Capt. Arthur NJ. Denny. re-
sunled the freight line between Penns
Grove and Philadelphia last Monday.
Work has been resumed on the new
Episcopal Church OH the Cove Lane
at crossing. 1t is to be of rough
granite like the Baptist Church at Ped
ricktowD.
The Jerry boats resumed night trips
on Wednesday. The heavy fog on Thurs
day, caused by the melting OF the four
inches of snow, hindeIed the boats lun-
ming Thursday night.
The japanese steamship Toyama was
loaded with 75O o n OF powder at Deep
water Point this week. She will take il
thru j Panama Canal, across the
A0~aAS OSCNDg v q 0uScidi DOIIs
Signs of spring appeared in New York
before in Penns Grove. Orr old friend.
Gus Weinacl,t, says that OH Tuesday BOYS
were playing marbles, girls were skip
ping rope and Book beer signs are out.
Last Tuesday the turning Of the wrong
valve at the oil cracking plant on Deep
Water Point let oil out, burning OF which
sent up great volumes OF black smoke.
until tile contents Of the fetort was
emptied.
Tie iron pipes, four feet in diameter.
were put in Silver creek at the Cove
meadow this week Failure to have
them put ia s00ne after the brick arch
bridge was torn out was an annoyance to
travellers.
A snow which covered the muddy
ground wa a surprise on Wednesday
morning. The fall OF four inches more
like heecy down during the day, on a
temperature OF "a, made a beautiful WIN
ter scene.
A Penns Grove store has in the dis
play window q diamond ring, two onions.
two white potatoes and a head OF cab
bags. People of Penns Grove care moth
ing fnr the necessities of life when they
can buy she Injuries.
Prof. Merritt Jenkins took charge as
supervisor of Penns Grove schools last
Monday. Mrs. Jenkins was also pressed
into service to fill the vacancy in the 9th
grade caused by | 9 Poulson ~resigniug
and going to Clayton.
Major Richard Sylvester, head of the
DUPONT police force. has BEEN chosen one
OF the staf OF George w. Lincoln at the
inaugural parade in Washington next
Monday. he wal superintendent of the
Washington police force for 20 years.
The new lift bridge at the lower Ponns
Neck Canal is 30 heavy since the trolley
track has been put thereon thai two men
can hardly turn il up, even tho the tender
10 named Armstrong, JOS, Jr. The Board
of Freeholders will have all electric motor
erected to do the turning up and down.
Captsin Lehman II. Garrison, Oscar
Garrison, Lucius E. Hires and Frank G
Shimp at Salem have filed articles of in
corporation for q Freight and Towing
Company with $25, 900 capital. They
have bought the tug Mary K. Corr, Of
Capt. Harry o. Weber at Con rses Land
ing.
Pride" will be the next one of the
Seven Deadly Sins to be shown at the
Riverside theatre next tuesday, starring
Holbrook Blinn and Eve Leslie in the
leading parts. These pictures increase
in the intensity OF power and beauty as
they proceed in series. The other at
fractions foi the week are all interesting,
and are given in detail in their adv.
James l. Whitesell, who had a ven
due last week, will retire from farming
and move into S%harptowD. after occupy
ing the John s Redstrake farm at near
Courses Landing for about twenty years.
Harry Shipma,', who lives on the ad-
Joining farm at Courses Landing, will
succeed Mr.. Whitesell. HIS brother-in-
law, Archer Seagraves, of Philadelphia,
bought the farm. Morris Keen will sue
coed Shipman,
The ice hrokc loose in sha aastar, .La,