The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-12-18
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Miss Helen Evan is ill at the home
of Samuel Shinn, on Mount Holly
avenue.
Sergeant Major Ryland E. Lippin-
colt has gone to France. He sailed
about two weeks ago.
William ]. Haines, of Bispham
street, is now employed at the Moores-
town Chronicle Office.
There is good skating on the various
coves Of the upper cree. and on the
creek itself as far as Schrayshuen's ice
house.
Letters for Miss Cinderella Marger-
um, r. Mcclellan and Mrs. Mary
White remain unclaimed in the post
Office.
Mr.. and Mrs. william II. BOUCHER,
Of Masonville, celebrated the twenty
fifth anniversary Of their wedding last
week.
County auditor Henry I. Worrell has
rented one of A. A. Johnson's proper
ties on Cherry street, near Broad, and
will occupy it.
Edward w. Rowan, of Mount Holly,
has been promoted to ensign in the
naval service and is stationed at the
Brooklyn navy yard.
Ralph Whitman, of Mount Holly,
who is at Camp Dix attached to Bat
terry B. 3OSth Field Artillery, has been
advanced to sergeant.
The post Office will be kept open un
til nine o'clock every evening this
week and on Christmas eve, for the
convenience Of patrons.
ssaA.H. Stanley Earnest has leased the
propertyat the corner Of Garden and
Butlonwooaustxeets and will use it for
the sale of used automobiles.
The Burlington County Game Pro-
tective League will hold its next meet
ing in the town hall at Moorestown, on
Friday evening, at 7.30 o'clock.
Thomas A. Mulransy, who has been
connected with the local freight Office
went on duty yesterday az letter car
rier from the Mount Holly post office.
A chimney fire at the residence of
Samuel Davis, on Mount Holly ave.
nue., called out America chemical en-
CINE Friday morning. Little damage
was done.
The Friends Association, of Medford
will be entertained by Mr.. and Mrs. 3.
Thackara Haines, at their home on
High street, Mount Holly, next Friday
evening.
Daniel Sauerwalt has entered the
employ of the Metropolitan Insurance
Company. For some time he had
been manager of the Acme store on
Main street.
Capt. Lorin M. Fryer visited his
parents in Mount Holly on Sunday.
Another son, Eli t., an officer in the
marine corps, recently was promoted
20 lieutenant colonel.
The soldiers club house in Mount
Holly was opened on Saturday night
The building has not yet been COM
pletsly furnished, but that work is
progressing Mrs. Gottleib Everline
has been selected as matron.
William B. Trowbridge and family,
Of Broad street, whose departure from
Mount Holly was noted in THE News
last week, have removed to Borden
town, Mr.. TrowbrIdge having been
made supervisor Of the Trenton di- |
vision OF the Pennsylvania railroad |
A horse driven by Mrs. William
Shinn, of Jacksonville, became fright
ened at passing motor truck on Main
street. Mount Holly, one day last week,
and started to run away. The animal
was caught by some bystanders, and |
q broken shaft was the only damage
done.
The quartette choir of the Baptist |
church will sing 1.-THE Wondrous |
Light, a Christmas cantata by r. M.
stultz, next Sunday evening. This is
. new composition by the well known
composer, and is well adapted to the
voices OF the quartette, which is COM
posed of Mrs. Alex Ross, soprano; Au-
brey S. Worrell, tenor; Mrs. John
Smith. contralto; and Byron Grigg,
bass.
Owing to the scarcity Of coal, the |
Camden city schools were closed on
Friday and will remain closed until |
January 2. By that time the board of
education hopes to secure enough fuel |
to last the winter. The Mount Holly |
schools. with the exception of the high |
school building, are well supplied with
coal, and every effort will be made to |
conserve that on hand. The Borden |
town schools also closed on Friday, |
and will not reopen until January 9,
: for the same reason.
Miss Marion Wood, of Palmyra, a |
sixth grade teacher in the Riverside |
school, has been awarded $50 by the |
National w. C. T. u for her essay on
1.-THE Best Methods of Teaching Tenn |
perance." Miss Wood won the SIS
prize given by the county association
last March when she read her essay at
the teachers institute in Mount Holly. |
Miss Wood has also received q $40
prize from the state association. In
winning the national honor Miss
Woods essay competed with the best
from every state In the Union.
Colonel Thomas d. Landon, of Bor-
dentown, has succeeded Colonel Albert
A. anWalraven, Of Paterson, as
commander of the Hath Infantry al
Camp Mcclellan, Alabama. Colonel
Landon formerly commanded the
Third New Jersey Infantry. He will
have the following majors and captains
OF his old unit working with him:
Major Winfield s. Price. Camden;
Captains Walter L. Austen, Asbury
Park; Leonidas Coyle, BridgetoE;
Langdon E. Angle, Camden; Edward
b. Stone. Burlington; J. Walter Scott.
Camden; Walter l.. Lesdom, Camden.
The family Of Charles E. Rogers, Of
Washington street, were accidentally
poisoned in a peculiar manner one
day last week, and serious results were
averted only by the work of physi