The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-02-13
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1917
LOCAL NEWS.
Tomorrow is St. Valentines day.

AT the meeting OF the JUNO
Mechanics on Tuesday night six car
didates were initiated.
The remains Of William Grist, an oil
soldier, of Philadelphia, were interre
in Mount Holly on Friday.
The Burlington County Children
Home has received donation of $50
collected by residents of Medford.
Mrs. Harry G.. CIaypoole, the visit
ing nurse, has removed to 12s Mai
street. Her telephone number is 551-W
Mrs. William Hoffman, OF Hainss
port, died at the Burlington Count,
Hospital, on Tuesday, after long i'll
ness.
The engagement has been annoucet
Of Miss Myrtle Loveland, Of Noun
Holly, and Earl Lippincott, of Cam
den.
The Interstate Milk Producers As
ISOLATION has fixed the wholesale prics
Of milk for February at 81 cents /
quart.
The next meeting Of the Burlington
County Firemens Association will b,
held ct Delanco on Wednesday, Feb
ruary 2lst.
The township committee is advertis
ing for bids for the removal Of stumps
and trees from the sidewalks on the
north side Of Water street.
Farm demonstrator Reid conducted
demonstration in mixing balanced
rations at the farm of J. Ellis Gro
shaw, near Wrightstown, on Friday
afternoon.
Miss Marion Townsend has ac-
cepted position in the Office Of the
Burlington County Farm Demonstra
tor, succeeding Mrs. Howard Williams,
who resigned.
The Andrew w. Allen property at
Palmyra was sold at sheriff's sale. on
Thursday, to the Palmyra Building
and Loan Association, the complain
ant. for $1,000.
James 8. Hume is confined to his
home on Mill street by illness. His
duties at the Office of the Mount Holly
Water Company are being looked after
by John M. Huff.
Everything is in readiness for the
comforting Of the Oriental degree, of
the Junior Mechanics, on large class
Of candidates on Thursday night in
the Lewis building.
The brick three room school house at
Mount Laurel was destroyed by fire
resulting from an overheated fiue on
Monday night Of last week. The loss
il estimated at SIS, 900.
An enjoyable meeting Of Armour
Union was held at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. Clifford Cross on Friday
evening. There was large attendance
of members and friends.
A son arrived in the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. William s. Kelley, Jr.. Of
Jersey City, on Sunday Of last week
Mrs. Kelley was formerly Miss Elsie
Thomas. of Moorestown.
Arthur d. Bovine, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. George I. Bovine, Of Union street.
has been elected to the board OF di-
rectors Of the Richard Young Leather
Company. Of New York
The senior class play, 1.-THE Elope-
ment Of Ellen, which was to have
been presented on February %. has
been postponed, until Friday evening.
March 2, in the school auditorium.
America chemical was called out on
Wednesday morning to extinguish a
chimney fire at the Newbold property
on Madison avenue. Two hand ex-
tinguishers made short work of the
blaze.
Patrick Dolan will shortly remove
bis pool room and tobacco business
from Main street to the building on
Washington street opposite Archer's
carriage factory. He will also open
fish and fruit business.
There will be plenty OF competition
in the ice business in Mount Holly
next summer. Beside the Hollytord
Ice Company, Crozier and Garbarino
will enter the field with natural ice cut
on Shinn' S cove, and Frank 8. Davis
has filled the ice house on the Lippin-
colt farm on the Hainesport road,
which he recently purchased, and will
also start route.
There was large attendance at the
mid -winter institute Of the Burlington
County Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union at the Methodist church at
Lumberton on Thursday. Three inter
esting sessions were held. Miss Esther
II. Elfreth spoke on national pro-
hibition in the afternoon, while the
evening address was by Mrs. Addie B.
Parsels. of Philadelphia.
Rev. Henry Teller Cooke will be the
speaker at the mems meeting in the
opera house next Sunday afternoon at
four o'clock. His subject viii be 1.-THE
Man Whom God Calls a Fool" This
will be the second in the series OF these
meetings, which are being conducted
under the auspices Of the local Y. M.
c. A. All men and boys over Is years
of age are invited to attend. Special
music.
A public meeting was held in Ham
monitor on Thursday evening to take
steps to present a testimonial OF esteem
to Mrs. Elsie Smathers, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew J. Rider, Of
Hammonton, and heroine of hold up
on the Atsion road. Mrs. Smathers
saved the life of her father and OF
James Rigby. when the car in which
they were riding was attacked by ban
dts, who killed Henry Rider and
wounded the others, including Mrs.
Smathers, who chung to the wheel Of
the car and drove out Of range.
Commissioner of Education Kendall
has called meeting of the city super
tntsndents, county superintendents,
and supervising principals Of Cape
May, Salem, Atlantic, Gloucester,
Cumberland, Camden and Burlington
counties. at Atlantic City, on Thurs.
day morning. The object of the meet
ing is to consider some OF the impor
tant duties Of the supervisor in train