The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-10-30

The annual meeting of the Noun
Holly Water Company will be held il
its Office on Mill street on Friday after
noon.
Harry Hulse and Patrick ]. Ryar
a have bought the restaurant of George
w. Durand and have taken charge o
t the business.
a Mr.. and Mrs. Philip s. Irons, Jr.
have returned from their wedding triI
: and are occupying their residence or
: Ridgwav street.
L. Brody, the shoe repairer, hai
: moved from Mrs. Sloan's property or
, Mill street to the store recently vacateC
: by Harris A. Glover.
Within a radius of three miles from
) New Egypt, about two hundred thou
! sand bushels of corn, it is expected
/ will be harvested by the farmers this
year.
Mount Holly Lodge of Moose has
; strung a banner across Main street al
it's home, inviting enlisted men to visit
and make use of the home at ak
times.
; Letters for Mrs. Fannie Southwick
Alex Linton, George g. Cook, Corne
Illus Begley, Miss Eva Davis J. Leeds,
and Steve Dahlberg remain unclaimed
in the post Office.
|
II There will be prize given to the best
dress and the best comic dress of adults
and of children at the masquerade
social in the rooms of Camp 50, P. o.
of A., tomorrow evening.
William A. Slaughter. executor of
the estate of NJ. Addie Atkinson, has
sold the residence on High street, ad
joining the property of Miss Margaret
Semple, to Miss Phebe Smalley.
Seven operators of automobiles run
ming from Mount Holly to Camp Dix
were summoned to Trenton, Wednes-
day, and fined S. each by Motor Com
missioner Dill for overlooking their
cars.
The lecture room of the Methodist
church was opened to soldier visitors
Saturday night. and was visited by a
humber of enlisted men who were
pleasantly entertained by the ladies OF
the church.
Mount Holly Lodge Of Masons held
Its annual Past Masters night ysster-
day. There was large attendance, in
Guiding many officers from Camp Dix,
who are members Of the order. A
banquet was served.
A number of friends surprised Mr..
and Mrs. Roy Watson, Of Pine street.
by calling on them Saturday evening
in masquerade costumes. The evening
was pleasantly spent in dancing. Re-
freshments were served.
| 1t is seldom that the deer hunting
season opens without fatal accident.
The victim this fall was James Cavan-
augh, who was shot near Weymouth,
and died few days later in the HON.
eopathic hospital in Camden.
George A. Haines, of Union street,
who has been connected with the fur
niture department Of Gimbel's store
for some time, has resigned that posi-
ton and become an employe of the
government in the contract department
of the Schuykill Arsenal.
Military police from Camp Dix were
sent on Saturday, to cities and towns
adjacent to the cantonment, to keep a
watch on soldier visitors. -Four were
stationed in Mount Holly, but they
had no work to do. as good order pre-
vailed here among the soldiers.
Mrs. Clifford r. Powell was the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond E. Thorn
son, last week. Lieut.. Powell, who is
at the camp at Admission, Ala, has
volunteered for aviation work and ex
poets to be sent to the aero school at
Fort Sill, Oklahoma, this week.
The twentieth anniversary of the
founding of the Keswick colony for
drunkards was celebrated on Sunday,
when large number OF former colon
lists were in attendance. Addresses
were made by Rev. William B. Ander-
son, Mrs. E. nj. Whitmore, John r.
Mcintyre and Rev. Ferdinand Shivers.
Several soldiers at Camp Mcclellan,
Admission, have been placed in the re-
serve corps, to be sent wherever as
signed. Those from this neighborhood
are Harry X. Wittmeyer, William
Ivans, Burlington; Harold r. Powell,
Lumberton; Herbert Wollner, Mount
Holly. Jerome G. Harris is also on
this list, although he is stationed at
Fort Meyer, Va.
Company 1, 311th Infantry, Camp
Dix, will give an entertainment. in the
Mount Holly theatre on Tuesday
night, November 10, for the benefit Of
the company fund. The programme
will consist of military drills by a
platoon of the company, musical num-
bers and specialties. This company is
composed principally of Burlington
county boys, so there should be a
crowded house to greet them,
The sophomore class of the Mount
Holly high school gave a Halloween
masked party to the freshman class,
Friday evening. 1t was given ahead
Of the actual date because of ruling
of the board of education that school
functions must be given at the end Of
the week, in order that the studies
will not be interfered with. The.
freshmen were initiated by being
soundly spanked and then given a
spigot shower bath.
Rev. l.. Nj. Bicknell went to Newark,
yesterday, to attend . meeting of the
War Commission of New Jersey Synod
of which he is member. A confer
ence was held on the work at Wrights-
town and the extramural religious
work. The Synod considers that Mount
Holly is the most serious problem Of the
church and the most strategic center
loutside Camp Dix. The commission
las planning to spend about $4,000 on
the work at this cantonment.
The trolley timetable published in
THE News recently, has been can
Icelled, and the half-hour service then
ANNOUNCED between Mount Holly and
Moorestown has been discontinued.
rhis was made necessary because OF
he inability of the trolley managers to