The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-01-16
The MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY. JANUARY is, 1917
LOCAL NEWS.

Letters for Albert Anderson and Mrs
AL. Sebeck, remain unclaimed in tn
post Office.
Harry Hulse, of Trenton, has move,
to Mount Holly with his family, an,
is occupying apartments over the Acm
store.
The monthly meeting of the Bur
lington County Firemen's Association
will held at Bridgeboro tomorrow
wednesday, evening.
There will be a euchre party and {
dance in st. Mary's hall, Washington
street, Wednesday evening, January 2.
for the benefit of the Sacred Hear
parish.
The Mount Holly National Bank
will be open on Saturday evenings
from to o'clock, for the accommo
dation of depositors and the transac
ton of public business.
The Holly Club has elected the fol
lowing officers: President, John L. Ell
berson; vice president, Jerome G. Har
ris; secretary, Charles s. Colby; treas
urer, Justus z. Deacon.
January 25 has been fixed as the an
nnal donation day at the Burlington
County Children's Home, and it is
hoped that the institution will be
literally remembered on that date.
The marriage of Miss Ada May
Fields and Albert C. Anderson, both
of Mount Holly, took place at the
Methodist parsonage on Saturday
evening. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. Thomas S. Hammond.
WINS Davis Petit has been appoint.
ed train master to fill the position
made vacant by the death of Walter
Antrim. Mr.. Petit is to keep his Office
at Trenton, which would seem to indi
cate that the headquarters of the Tren-
ton division will soon be removed tc
that city.
The speakers at the annual banquet
OF the Business Mems Association, on
January 25, will be Frank w. Tussey
of Camden, and Robert Messler and
James Tattersall, of: Trenton. These
are successful business men, and com
petent to deliver instructive and in
teresting talks to our merchants.
Herbert S. Killie has sold his Broad
street residence to Clayton Hancock,
of Columbus, who will occupy it in
March. Mr.. Killie will begin the cree
/. ton Of house at the corner of High
and Broad streets, and will also build
two small houses on Broad street. Mr..
Hancock has rented his farm to Frank
Atkinson.
= Richard B. Eckman delivered very
interesting address on Solicitors and
Barristers," at the meeting of the
mems club of st. Andrews church,
held at the residence of Stacy b! Lip.
pincott, on Thursday night. The next
meeting, ia February, will be held at
the home of Clarence H Polhemus,
when Nelson Dew. Pumyea will speak
about bird life in this neighborhood.
John III. Dobbins quietly observed
his 8Oth birthday anniversary at his
home on Broad street last Wednesday.
He enjoys excellent health at this age
and is-still an active member of the
Acknowledgement. One of Mr.. Dobbins'
pleasures is in taking long walks daily
in favorable weather Most DAYS he
covers six miles. One of his recent
pilgrimages was walk to Medford and
return, covering about fifteen miles in
one day.
At che annual meeting of the Mount
Laurel Pursuing and Detective Asso-
citation, held at Mount Laurel on Mon
day of last week, officers were elected
as follows; President, John E. Darnell;
secretary and treasurer, A. Engle
Haines; directors, Joseph HI. Haines.
William Jones, William FL. Zelley,
Bowman S. Lippincott, ]. Harvey
Darnell, Robert II. Evans, Horace
Roberts, Allen Jones, Ezra Evans and
Edward Rogers.
John r. McFetridge died at his home
at Glenolden, Pa, Wednesday, being
taken suddenly after an attack OF
acute indigestion. He was well known
to those who enjoyed seeing base ball
games in the days of the Burlington
County League, when Jack" ss he
was Familiarity known, pitched for the
Beverly club, which won the cham
pionship in 1899. He participated in
other games here and was with the
Philadelphia team one season.
Bright Star Lodge No. Is, Shepherds
of Bethlehem, has elected these Off
GERS: Commander, Hattie l.. b. Austin;
vice commander, Emma l.. Bischoff;
past commander, Margaret Phares;
marshal, Annie Gibbs; scribe, Anna
M. Rossell; accountant, Sue s. Austin;
treasurer, Ida V. Eddleman; chaplain,
Mary Tomlinson; outside guard, Eliza
Palmer; inside guard, Cordelia Clay
poole; mistress of ceremonies, Ella
Staulcup; trustee, Martha Carpenter.
Twenty-eight members of the Bur
lington County Medical Society at
tended the annual meeting held at the
Arcade hotel on Wednesday. The
following officers we're elected: Presi.
dent, Lyman B. Hollingshead, Penn
berton; vice president, M. w. New
comb, Browns Mills; secretary and
treasurer, George r. Tracy, Beverly
reporter. III. Eugenia Whitehead
Mount Holly; censor, F. Ct. Stroud,
Moorestown; delegates to State Society
ID. F. Remer, Mount Holly, and r.
Downs. of Riverside.
The Victor Gospel team will hav'
charge of the evangelistic service in tn,
Methodist church to morrow (Wednes
day. evening. The men comprising
this team are. employed in the matri,
department of Victor Talking Machin
plant at Camden, and they had charg
of the service here last Thursday even
ing and made such a impression tina
they were requested to return this week
The brass quartette will render selec
tons, the male quartette will sing, ant
other numbers will be added to thei
program. They have made arrange
nents to arrive at Mount Holly al
hour earlier than they did last week
thus enabling them to take charg
of the service promptly at 7.45 o'clock