The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-05-01

G. L. U. will be held at the 6. A. Il
| hall on Tuesday afternoon, May Sth, a
three o'clock.
A meeting of townships clerks O
| the county was held at the court hous
/ last night, to receive instructions rela
tive to making census of men liabl
to be called for military duty.
Harry Doyle, Jr., aged 81 years, sol
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Doyle, of Flor
ence, stepped in front of an electric
train. at Jersey City, Friday afternoon
and was instantly killed. Doyle was
an electric crane operator at the r. D
Wood & Co.'S iron plant, at Florence
up to a month ago, when he left to be
come brakeman on the P. r. r. Al
the time of the accident he was off duty
and was crossing the tracks on the way
to his boarding house.
The Glover Club, composed of mem
bers Of the sophomore class of the
Mount Holly high school, will give a
dance in Masonic Temple, on Thurs.
day evening, for the benefit of the local
Red Cross. The patronesses are Mrs.
Benjamin Deacon, Mrs. V. Claude
Palmer, Mrs. Alice r. Paul, Mrs. w.
A. Slaughter, Mrs. C. e. Lord. Mrs.
w. s. Rendell, Mrs. w. Harry Mason,
Mrs. Norman w. Harker, Miss Bea-
trice Darlington and Mrs. John d. Nc
Mullin.
The executive committee of the Red
Cross Association met last evening and
discussed several matters. Among
them was that of amussments. TWAS
decided that hereafter there should not
be any entertainments held for the
benefit of the association without the
consent Of the committee on entertain
ments being first obtained. This is a
wise regulation as the business of Civ
ing shows under the name of the Red
Cross is likely to be overdone without
any material benefit arising.
Privats John Schaffer, Company B,
Second Regiment, was seriously iniur-
ed by train while on guard on the
Pennsylvania Railroad bridge over
Rancocas creek at Riverside, yesterday
afternoon, and is at the Zurbrugg
Memorial hospital. Schaffer was in
the centre Of the bridge when a west
bound express crossed. AS the train
rushed by it is thought his rifle struck
the pilot and knocked him against
the cylinder Of the locomotive. Bridge
tenders saved the soldier from rolling
off narrow platform into the river.
Schaffsr has several deep cuts on the
head, one wrist is fractured and intern
al injuries are feared.
Already many boys and girls have
en- rolled in the seventh annual Bur-
lington county boys agricultural con-
test. 1t is hoped that many more will
send in their application blanks before
the last OF next week. An unusually
large number Of premiums are offered
in this years contest. Each contest
ant should not enter merely for the
premiums at stake, but in this years
contest particularly the patriotic duty
to our country should be the impelling
incentive. Let it be remembered that
the hoe is as good an emblem of
patriotism as the bayonet and the Gull
tivated fields are among our best am
munition plants in the state. For
fuller details consult county Y. M. G.
A. secretary Robert Shoemaker.
There seems to have been a misun-
derstanding about the parking of auto
mobiles in Mount Holly, and many
have gained the idea that they were
not to be allowed to park along the
principal streets. This is all wrong.
The intention is to have automobile
owners pay attention to that section of
the law which requires machines to be
kept certain distance from corners of
streets, freplugs and fire houses and
the way in which autos were parked on
Saturday evening showed that there
was desire to.comply with this idea.
Any one looking at the limited space
on High street in front Of the America
fire house will readily see how hard it
would be to get the long truck of that
company out and safely turned unless
the autos were a reasonable distance
from the entrance to the fire house.
On Thursday eve ming of next week
the annual meeting of the Parent
Teachers Association will be held in
the high school auditorium, at which
time officers for the ensuing year will
be elected. During the afternoon and
evening of the same day there will be
an exhibit of the work done in the
manual training and the domestic
science departments of the school, to-
gether with some exhibits from the
grades. 1t is hoped there will be
large attendance during the afternoon
and evening, as the exhibits will we'll
repay those who will take the trouble
to visit the schools and will show that
the work done by the pupils has not
been mere play and that the expsndi-
ture Of money for manual training and
domestic science has been q profitable
investment. Come out and show that
you have an interestiin the school and
in your children.
To secure needed recruits for the
regular army service, Capt. George T.
Smith, in charge of the recruiting sta
ton at Camden, which is the head
quarters of Camden, Burlington and
Gloucester counties, will conduct a
mass meeting in Mount Holly this
evening at 7.30 o'clock. at Fountain
square. A patriotic address will be de-
livered by attorney 7. Harry Rowland,
of Camden, after which Capt. Smith
and Lieut.. Arthur Carrier will take the
applications Of any young men who
desire to enter the army service. In
the party besides the army officers and
speaker will be government reporter
and Meyers Baker, manager of the
Camden Real Estate Company, in
whose auto the tour will be made.
New Jersey must have 1000 new men
in the field by the last of May. Men
who volunteer their services will be
Igiven all preference over drafted men
They will be better paid and will re.
ceive more promoti ons. Attorney Row
land will tell the residents Of this towr
lust what army life is like and point
Tout all the features of the service.
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