The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-06-26
|HE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY, JUNE 2e, 1917
LOCAL NEWS.

LOOAL NEWS.
b. Harold Wills is doing engineering
work at the Wrightstown camp sit
with the general contractor.
Kenneth Perinchief has gone t.
Ocean Grove and is employed at tn
North End pavilion for the summer.
Miss Madeline x. Lautsch has &C
cepted position as bookkseper will
the Burlington County Farmers Eek
change.
Arthur ]. Atkinson was overcome by
the heat on Friday while doing som'
mason work on a roof. He has re
covered.
Letters for r. Davis, Mrs. John Eek
man, Mrs. Clara Brodo, E. D. Bird
and Ezral Bowker remain unclaimed
in the post Office.
The Woman's Burlington County
Historical Society will meet at the
Green Hill farm, near Burlington, to-
morrow afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank E. Atkins, of
Merchantville, announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Helen Marie,
to Simon Gillian, of Mount Holly.
A daughter arrived in the family OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Conard s. Hornsr, at the
home Of the latter's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry /. Worrell, last Tuesday.
Altering receiving treatment at the
Burlington county hospital for nervous
indigestion, Mrs. Joseph Britton has
returned to her home on Pine street.
Rev. B. J. X. Way, of Lumberton,
occupied the pulpit of the Mount Holly
M. E. church on Sunday morning, and
Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr., preached
in the evening.
AS the result of an order issued by
the state department of weights and
measures, all automatic pumps used
in selling gasoline to motorists must
be tested daily for accuracy.
The township committee has notified
property owners on upper High street,
between Ridgway street and the fair
grounds, to lay sidewalks and curbing
where there are none at present.
The vested choir OF st. Andrews
church will take vacation during the
month of July, and the Sunday school
sessions of the same church will besus-
pended during July and August.
Frank ]. Sleeper went to Wrights
town, yesterday, where he is employed
in engineering work at the great mill
tary camp site, which is being made
ready for occupany by state troops.
Frank 8. Davis, who recently retired
from the shoe business in Mount
Holly, LIS devoting his attention to Gull
tivating the farm on the Hainesport
road which he recently purchased.
Benjamin H. White, of Pemberton,
died at his home in that town on Sat
urday after an illness which had lasted
. long time. Mr.. White, who was the
father Of former Senator Blanchard II. |
White, had lived in Pemberton for |
long time, and was a justice OF the
peace for a number of years.
Cards have been received in Mount
Holly announcing the marriage of
Miss Marion Esther Ireland, daughter
Of William b. Ireland, formerly of
Mount Holly, and Julius Nahoum
The ceremony took place in Philadel- |
phia on June /. Mr.. and Mrs. Nahoum |
are residing in New York city.
Emmaretta, widow of William E. |
Zelley, died at her home on Mt. Holly |
avenue Tuesday night. She lived one |
week after fall then one of her hips
was fractured. She had reached the |
advanced age of 80 years, z months, 8 |
days. Her funeral took place Satur-
day afternoon. Services were con-
Quoted by Rev. I. j. J. Wright, of Bur
lington.
There will be big fete at Wrights-
town on July 4, beginning at 10 a. M,
for the benefit of the Wrightstown Red |
Cross Society. The affair will be un
der the management of the local Red |
Cross and w. G. T. U. societies, and |
will be held on the lawn OF Mrs. |
Thomas Platt. where army officers and |
engineers are now in camp. All kinds |
of booths will be erected and many |
kinds Of good things to eat will be on
sale.
At the meeting of the official board |
of the Methodist church on Friday |
evening a months leave of absence
was given the pastor, Rev. Thomas s.
Hammond. This action was taken |
withoutany solicitation on the part of |
Mr.. Hammond, as he expected to re-
turn soon to his work here. The board |
considered this step advisable at the |
present. Arrangements are being |
made to have the pulpit supplied by diff
fsrent clergymen every Sunday during |
the month of July.
To assist the Red Cross cause, there |
will be a game of base ball on the |
High street ground tomorrow WED |
nesday) afternoon at three O'Clock, be- ]
tween teams composed of Mount Holly |
lodges of Elks and Moose. The entire
proceeds will be given to the society; |
NO expenses of any character will be
deducted. In consequence, every cent
collected for admissions will go direct
to the local Red Cross organization.
The price OF admission will be 25 cents
for men, women or children.
Word has been received that Rev. |
Joseph L. Surtees, former pastor of |
the Mount Holly M. E. church, now at
6wedesboro, has enlisted and has been
accepted as chaplain by the United
States Service. The three sons of the
minister are serving in different depart
ments. the eldest, Robert Elliott Sur
tees. enlisted two years ago from
Canada; Oscar and Vincent are recent
recruits. His daughter, Miss Evelyn
Surtess, is q teacher in the Massa-
chusetts avenue school at Atlantic
City.
The board OF education has decided
to install what is known as a study
teacher" in the high school, and Mrs.
Sarah G.. r. Lewis, senior teacher in
the grammar school, has been elected
to the position. Under the new ar
rangement the high school classes will
study in the auditorium, and the for
mer condition whereby two classes oc-