The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-07-17
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY. JULY IT, 1917
LOCAL NEWS.

B. Everett Zelley, having enlisted il
the artillery corps has resigned as clerl
in the Farmers Trust Company.
Contractor Lewis Lippincott ha
completed the bungalow for Mr.. an,
Mrs. John Clements on Pine street.
Judson Gaskill is having a concret
pavement laid around his property
corner Garden and Buftonwood streets
Letters for Earl Berring, C. L. Kemp
ton, Mrs. Jennie Luch, Mrs. Edward
Tomlinson, Mrs. Carrie Miller, Bol
Galley.
Two ladies from Merchantville, Mrs
M. III. Richardson and Mrs. s. L
Bunting, have rented the s. l.. Bullocl
property on Union street.
Allen Upshaw, colored, of Palmyra
died at the county Jail on Thursday
afternoon from heart trouble. He haC
been committed as a disorderly.
The next meeting of the Burlington
County Federation of Patriotic anC
Religious Fraternities will be held a
Rancocas next Monday evening.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph Rainear, of Ocean Grove, las
week. Mrs. Rainear was formerly Mis-
Meta Perinchiei, of Mount Holly.
On account Of the rain on Thursday
the Presbyterian Sunday school picnic
was not held, but it took place the
following day friday at Rancocai
Park.
A. Holmes Howe is now employed al
the Wrightstown post Office. Harold
Wright, Of Madison avenue, has sue.
cseded him at the Mount Holly post
Office.
Thomas X. Elbertson, who has been
employed at Akron, o., for some time,
returned home last week suffering with
boils on his arms. He had fourteen
boils at the same time.
Henry Powell, aged years, of Budd-
town, who was operated on for appen-
dicitis at the Burlington county hospi-
tai recently, has been able to return to
his home and is rapidly convalescing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard E. Packer, of
Burlington, announce the engagement
Of their daughter, Miss Margaret Hart
Packer, to Joseph G. Deacon, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Deacon, OF
Broad street, Mount Holly.
The Court of .Pardons, Friday, met
and paroled the following Burlington
county convicts from the state prison:
Timothy Diggs, John w. Lawton,
John Martin, breaking; Jacob Nerod,
carrying weapons; Charles Williams,
assault.
The Burlington County Union of
Baptist Young Peoples Societies will
conduct an excursion to Wildwood on
Thursday. The train will leave Cam.
den at TAO a. m. Tickets may be OBJ
tanned from George T. Durand and A.
K. Boyer. The charge for adults will
be 81; for children so cents.
Alonzo Mitchell, colored, was arrested
on Sunday by constable Peak at Med
ford, charged with breaking into the
residence of Mrs. Elizabeth Daisey. at
Cross Roads, and stealing clothing and |
other articles. He was given a hear
ing before justice Of the peace Throck-
morton and committed to Jail for court.
Margaret NJ, wife of George d. |
Baker. died quite suddenly at her home
in Burlington on Thursday. Her
funeral took place from the residence
of her mother, Mrs. Mary Fenton, on
Broad street, Mount Holly, yesterday |
morning. Mass of requiem was held
at Sacred Heart church. She was 30 |
years Of age.
Jerome Jennings, of Indian Mills,
reported to Detective Parker, on Fri
day morning, that he had been robbed |
of mule and lot OF clothing. The
detective communicated with the |
Camden police, the result OF which |
McGuiggan, aged II years, resident
of Camden, who was caught with the
mule in his possession. He is now in |
the Jail here.
John Maso, Philadelphia street |
cleaner, was struck and killed by a |
train between Masonville and Hart |
ford on Wednesday morning. The
man, accompanied by two friends, had |
been visiting relatives on farm near
Long Crossing. They were walking
along the tracks, and saw and heard |
the approaching train. but Maso was
not quick enough in getting out Of the |
way. He was rushed to the hospital |
here, but there were no signs OF life |
and he was probably instantly killed. |
The body was taken to Philadelphia
that afternoon.
A special meeting OF the Riverside
board of health was held on Thursday
to consider the recent case OF q scarlet
fever patient in that town who had not
been quarantined, although his disease
was known. and who had been permit
ted to travel to Mount Holly ON troll
ley car. Two representatives of the
state board Of heath were present, and
DR.. Elmer D. Prickitt represented the
Mount Holly authorities. After listen
ing to the evidence. the state officials
imposed the legal penalty upon the
persons responsible for the violation of
the law.
The funeral services over the remains
of George w. Slimm were read in st.
Andrews Episcopal church, Wednes-
day, by Rev. Henry Teller Cooke. In
terment was made in Mount Holly
cemetery. The pallbearers were Penn
sylvania railroad employees, former
companions of the deceased conductor.
They were Clifford Nssbitt, Garwood
Reynolds, Thomas Robertson, Edward
Claypoole, Grover Aaronson and d.
Clinton Bullock. Among those who
attended the funeral was delegation
of five from a lodge of Knights Of
Pythias, at Port Norris, N. ]. They
came from that place in an auto. The
family of Mr.. Slimm feel very grateful
for this expression Of sympathy, as
well as for other acts Of kindness by
numerous friends.
Frank Pratt, ST., thinks he was not
treated exactly right, not only in the
transaction of arrest, but in the publi-
cation of the affair, although he says