The Penn's Grove record., 1917-06-08
HAPPENINGS ABOUT HOME.
What Is Occurring And Being Talked
About In The Borough and Township

1Ue price OF hnllk fOr June delivered in
Philadelphia is 81 cent
The many rains have made mud and
slush. but the dust will SOON he flying.
An inch aud a half OF water fell dur.
ing the storms on Wednesday and 1hdrs-
day.
A Tom Thumb wedding aud entertain
ment will be held in ST. Paul's Church
June 28th.
As 10 war, We have it in Penns Grove
over trade Disputes, which is now Il e
worlds rage.
Measles are now the fashion with school
children. A good time to have them
during vacation.
Most OF the foreigners over % years of
age who registered had military service
in their native lands.
A coIored peoples dancing school will
open at 10 Smith Avenue, Penns Grove,
this Friday night.
John Mcbride, aged q, dropped a can
OF powder Oh a railroad track on Thurs
day. 1t ignited and lie was terribly
burned.
Louis Solomon is building four one.
story apartments on the Justice lot next to
W. A. Sacks residence, to be rented for
store purposes.
DR.. Z Harold King has been qualified
as hrst lieutenant in the medical reserve
corps Of the U. s. army and is subject to
be called when needed.
Frenclps Park on the river front will
open tomorrow, Saturday, for the sum.
iner season. The carrOusel has been
erected again in the rink.
The heavy rain last Tuesday evening
gave an undan Of moisture. Tue
hot weather which followed made vege-
tatlon jump from the ground.
A strawberry festival will he held in
virgins school house on Wednesday
18th. for the benefit of the SUNDAY .cl,o1I
Si'ouIu the evening be rainy it will be
held the following night.
In o,der to hold to present prices We
have Just stocked up With about so 600
hlgh-grade envelopes. If you need any
you had better order now before price
take another jump This is fair warning.
The New Jersey and Wilmington Fer,
Company, John Hare legal agent in New
Jersey, has been dissolved. The ferry
boat line to Penns Grove las been taken
over by the Wilson Line Corporation OF
Delaware.
Hugh Ettinger, representing the Phi
Maller stock company, was in town on
Tuesday looking tor a site upon which to
erect a pavilion where dramatic pro-
ductions will be rendered during the sum-
ner months.
Melvin b. Brown has resigned as rural
mail carrier to enlist in the ambulance
corps Tor service in France. Aaron L..
Wright became rural carrier on June let.
The salary is 500 a month. He has TO
furnish all automobile.
Fred Dunk, who quit farming a wear
ago and moved into P~edricktown. has
moved Oh to the farm OF the late Clin.
ton Gaventa, at Dolbow's Landing. Mrs.
Gaventa and daughter h We gone to live
with her father-in-law, George Gaventa.
Washington Camp, No. AZ, P. O. S. of
A., will hold a class initiation on Tues
day evening for all OF Salem County
The local degree team in full working
uniform will conduct tile initiating work.
The class will comprise about fifty new
members,
Qnite a large delegation of Bethel
Church members and friends entertained
tile Foreign Branch Y. NJ. G. A. at Car
ney Point last Thursday evening. The
choir sang several selections and Mr..
Yerger, Warren Wood and Rev. NJ. +.
Mather gave short patriotic talks.
Penns Grove Lodge, No. 1862, A. F. &
A. M, will give a reception and lunch
con in honor OF Stewart J. Horn, Past
Master OF the State OF Delaware, on We'd
nesdaY evening, 10Th inst. Other prom.
inent members of the Masonic Order
from Delaware and New Jersey will be
present.
Early truckers are not elated over crops
and prices. During the cool, dry weather
in May mo- much asparagus grew and the
price was low. Only a few stra wberries
have been shipped and the price is down
to 8 and 10 cents a quart. With MANY
more persons growing their own garden
"%sass," the farmers are guessing where
their profits will come from.
Nathan Mattson, who supplies the
villages largely with milk, has put OH a
insGC Oi0 hOtOt btuCk. he sou ulllK
Tor nine cents a quart until recently,
when he raised it to 10 cents, at which
most was sold. His trade grew larger
than his herd OF wi furnished, so he
has to pay five cents wholesale.
Robert Warwick, one OF the leading
stars in the film world, will be featured
at the Riverside Theatre next Tuesday
in 'The Argyle Case" from the famous
book with the same title. There are
other good features and lots OF comics for
the rest OF the week. You can always
see good pictures at the Riverside. They
don't show any other kind.
The first minstrel and dance given by
the Hartville Club in Community Hall
last Friday night, WAS a decided success.
The soloist all acquitted themselves cred
itably. The Philadelphia quartette was