The Penn's Grove record., 1917-07-06
HAPPENINGS ABOUT HOME.
Whal Is Occurring And Being Talked
About In The Borough and Township

Salem National Bank paid a dividend
OF : per cent. July lst.
Milk il selling for IA cents a quart and
ice 6O cents a hundred in Swedesboru.
The Penns Grove National Bank paid
Its nsnal semi-annual dividend Of 4 per
cent. July /.
An unusually heavy crop of early toma-
toes ls predicted by those who have OBJ
served the crop conditions.
Mrs. Mary Diver is having AN addition
built to her house on Railroad Avenue
to make a double residence.
George Gaventa was the first to send
sqnashes to Wilmington market, for
winch he received $l.25 a basket.
o are now too numerous in Penns
Grove. Good time to have them killed
as the Assessor is now after them.
All enterprising citizens will have gas
ana water connections made before the
improved stone road is &C. apleted.
A farmer from Pilesgrove brought a
load OF potatoes to town last week and
quickly disposed Of them for $l.75 a bas-
ket.
Look out for impostors soliciting for
Red Cross work. See that anyone ask
ing for contributions of any kind have
the proper credentials.
Bernardo di Marco, giving his resi-
6nnpp 90 pofno Gw0.o Al = g.
Hospital. Camden, on Sunday. of pnen-
monia. He WAS 80 years old.
A revised schedule of trolley trips be-
tween Penns Grove, the Powder Plants
and Salem, goes into effect on Wednesday.
18th. Look it mp in another column.
A few early tomatoes were picked last
Monday and sold in Swedesboro for S. a
crate, which is about a basket. The
Southern crop is light just now. The
prospect Is favorable for the Jersey grow
ers.
Thomas f. Butterield, a Young man
from Germantown, jumped from a small
boat at Pennsville last Saturday and was
drowned. The body was found ON Mon
day and shipped home by Coroner Ash
craft.
Supervisor Merritt Jenkins he's dis
trlbuted about a dozen bronze badges to
the school boys who went to work on
farms. On the badge is the imprint of a
pillow and the State coat of arms and tho
wording ar. Industrial Army, Doing NV
Bit"
The recently organized Indepe ndent
Italian Club of Penns Grove will give a
benefit at the Riverside Theatre on We'd
nesday. There will be singing and wand.
eville in Italian and war pictures from
the firing line in Italy. Admission 25
cents.
After three weeks of dry weather and
sultry days rain began falling on Monday
evening. ID ring the shower three-fourths
OF an inch OF water fell. On Tuesday
II inches fell and between 5 and 7 D. m.
July 4th, of an inch fell. There is an
abundance oil moisture for crops in the
ground.
The growers of early tomatoes report an
abundance OF small tomatoes on the vines.
While the crown set in May is small the
warm. dry weather the last two weeks in
June brought an abundant bloom. On
some vines from 80 TO so tomatoes have
been counted. Frank j.. Gaventa has
counted 5S OF one of his vines.
Earl Davidson arrived home from Della
ware Hospital on Tuesday where he was
treated for q burn on the face received
from the explosion of a suIphuric acid
tank two weeks previous. An explosion
took place when he went to fill it at plant
L. The like never occurred before and
the canse this time cannot ne accounted
for.
Edward Jaegar was at home over the
Fourth, accompanied by Walter Forme-
leila, OF Buffalo. They are marines on
the German ship Crown Prince William
at Philadelphia, which has been renamed
Baron Steuhen, for the German who
trained the ~Continentals in the reyAEl-
tionary war. The Steuben is being alter
ed into a transport to carry troops to
Europe.
On and after Monday, July 8, the retail
price OF milk will be 6 cents a pint and
II cents a quart. The Interstate Milk
Producers Association has fixed the
wholesale price OF milk at Z cents a quart.
The milk must show 4 per ct. butter fats.
Other rates are adjusted at 34c per 1-lOth
point above or below that test. The two
cents increase to the farmer is pnt on the
consumer.
Alter the rain OH Wednesday evening
water stood on Beach Avenue at Broad
Street from curb to curb and for $50 feet
along one side of the street. How is
that for the most central and highest
part of the Borough? While no object
ing to the luxury of stone and amiesite
roads, others desire necessities on a street
that has been travelled more than 20
years and where wagons get stuck.
A fair exchange is no robbery. We
will exchange beautiful building lots in
Highland Park for Liberty Loan Bonds,
See +. w. HOFFMAN, Agt.,
1-29-ti liz :. Broad Street.