The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-06-12

A new front and new fixtures al
being put in the Childs' store at MI
and White streets.
A delegation from the Tabernacl
p. o. 8. Of A. visited Mount Holl
Camp on Thursday evening.
The Burlington County Federation
Of Patriotic and Religious Fraternitie
will meet at Hedding this evening.
Miss Isabel Deacon, Of Broad street
has received the degree OF Bachelor
Science from New York University.
Mrs. Minnie Delete wishes to thanl
all who rendered assistance in any
way during her recent bereavement.
The annual meeting of the New Jer
sey State Bar Association will be held
at Atlantic City on Thursday and Fri
day.
Miss Fayette Slimm will superintenC
the games and amusements for child
rem at the court house yard playground
this summer.
MIR. and Mrs. George L. Garwood, o
Mill street, announce the engagement
OF their daughter, Helen, to II. Rich
ardson Gillian.
The next meeting Of the Burlington
County Firemen's Association will bt
held in the city hall, Bordentown, or
oxoninn Tuno
The sessions Of the Methodist, Bap
fist and Presbyterian Sunday schools
will be held in the mornings, beginning
next Sunday. during the summer.
A quantity of canned goods were
stolen from the camp of Charles E.
Cause, on the upper creek, on Satur-
day, during the absence of the owner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin C. Davis, oil
Hainesport, announce the engagement
Of their daughter. Beulah Elizabeth,
:. to Francis w. Ried, of .Lumberton.
On Thursday evening of next week
st. Andrews Guild will give straw
berry tea on the lawn in the rear OF
the church, from five until seven
o'clock.
Burr c. Wright, painter, Of Mount
Holly, put 20 panes of glass in one
building at Red Lion, on Saturday, re-
placing those that were broken out by
the hail storm on Thursday.
Rev. Henry r. Rose, OF Newark,
who is well known in this neighbor-
hood, will deliver an address at the
commencement exercises OF the Penn
berton high school, on Friday evening
Miss Sarah Budd, of Mount Holly,
who for a number of years has been a
member of the faculty of the Model
school at Trenton, has been transferred
to the Critic department of the Normal
school.
Miss Theodore Mslcher, Of Garden
street, is confined to her bed by illness.
Miss Melcher's health has not been
good for some time, and it is thought
that absolute rest will be Of great bene-
fit to her.
The Creedon> Hardware Company, of
Mill street, will shortly open a branch
store at Burlington. in charge of
Charles Madden. Elwood Sleeper, of
Paxson street, will be the new clerk at
the Mount Holly store.
Union Fire Company participated in
a firemen's parade at Bristol, Pa, on
Saturday afternoon. The company
took with it Meade Fife and Drum
Corps, of Florence. There were over
1000 men in the parade.
Martin r. Carroll, son OF George b.
Carroll, of Church street, has returned
from the Women's Homeopathic
Hospital, Philadelphia, after tedious,
operation on his nose andthroat, which
was Of two weeks duration.
A number OF members of Washing
ton Camp No. II, P. o. s. of A., will
60 to Tabernacle this evening to at
tend the third anniversary of the
Camp at that place. The automobiles
will leave Mount Holly at 7.30.
William Y. Gennett had two toes of
his right foot mashed on Friday when
3 marble slab top Of a table fell on that
member while he was assisting in ar
ranging the household goods of the
late Joseph Huff for public sale.
Mount Holly contractors have been
awarded the work of erecting the new
schoolhouse at Lumberton. E. w.
Esham has been awarded the building
contract. and the plumbing and heat
ing will be installed by Garrett & Du-
bell.
A picnic. bazaar and supper will be
held at Albert Haines' farm, near
Masonville, on the afternoon and even
ing OF June %, for the benefit of the
Masonville Fire Company, which is
seriously in need of money. 1t is
hoped that the public will patronize
this affair literally.
Charles s. Gaskill, a son of former
Judge Gaskill, has been granted a
leave of absence by the Pennsylvania.
railroad company, and will enter an
engineering corps that will shortly be
sent to France to reorganizs the rail-
roads back of the firing line. Mr.. Gas
kill has been employed at Baltimore.
At the annual meeting Of the
Alumni Association of the Mount
Holly high school last week, the fol.
lowing officers were elected: President,
Willard F. Lippincott; vice president,
Frederick L. Krayer; recording secre-
tary, Edwin r. Prickett; correspond
ing secretary, Nellie Willetts; treasurer,
Celeste Crippen.
Mrs. Alice Foulks, wife of Harry
Foulks, formerly of Mount Holly, was
seized with an internal hsmorrhage at
her home near Moor estown, Wednes-
day night, and died within an hour
Seven children survive her. Hel
funeral took place from the residence
OF her mother, Mrs. Martha Quigley,
Pine street, Mount Holly, on Sunday.
There was fire at the home of Mrs
Foster, next to Stiltz's restaurant on
Washington street, about five O'Clock
Sunday morning. The blaze was in
one Of the bedrooms. The alarm wa,
sent to the Good Intent fire house anC
the man on duty there sent word "a
the Union chemical to go. The firt