The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-05-15
TIE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1917
LOCAL NEWS.


Mount Holly high school will be bel
on June Z.
Francis Storey, of Mill street, is sicl
with pneumonia at the Burlington
County Hospital.
William A. Jones has placed For
autobus in service between Noun
Holly and Lumberton.
Armour Union will meet at tn
home of Misses Ida and Virgini
Crammer this evening.
Three shares of stock OF the Farmers
Trust Company sold at public sale il
Philadelphia, last week, for $119.75 {
share.
Alfred Norcross has erected an at
tractive flag pole made of metal pip
in front OF his plumbing shop on Mil
street.
Edward Burroughs, of Mount Holly
has accepted position with William
F. Parker at the Parker House a
Florence.
Mrs. Sarah Mack, of Philadelphia
was visitor in Mount Holly. on Sat
urday, attending the wedding of be-
nephew. Leon Claypoole.
The boiler in the trolley company
power house at Hainesport has beer
sold to William Jones, of Bridgeton
q Loot xuaolr
Harvey ]. Snyder has been chosen
manager of the farm at Trenton con
nected with the State Home for Girls
and will remove from Mount Holly.
Samuel E. Colder resigned his posi-
ton at the Mount Holly Garage or
Saturday and yesterday entered upor
employment in garage at Burlington
Mrs. Rebecca Ellis will remove from
DR.. w. w. Whitehead's property or
High street, to the former Semple prop
erty on Broad street, owned by Elwood
Hart.
DR.. G. E. Raiguel will deliver his
next lecture in ST. Andrews parish
house on Tuesday evening. May %
This is the lecture which was post
poned from May Is.
John g. Petit, sc ,etary of the Bur-
lington County Trust Company, Of
Moorestown, has been appointed a
state bank examiner by Banking Com
missioner La Monte.
Alfred ]. Mullen has bought from J.
l.. Cline the 16-acre farm on the Smith
vile road, formerly owned by John B.
Herbert. The place will be occupied
by Mr.. Mullen's father.
1t is reported that the government
has leased the Lorillard farm near
Jobstown for military purposes. 1t is
understood the farm will be used to
train cavalry horses and men, for
which purposes it is an ideal place.
The official board of the Florence
M. E. church has increased the salary
OF their pastor, Rev. w. E. thinner
man, from $500 to 1886 per year. That
church is reported to be in very
prosperous condition at the present
time.
At the request of the Burlington
city board of education, County SUI
perintendent Kayser has called meet
ing of supervising principals and
boards of education of districts having
high schools, to be held at Burlington
Saturday morning.
Rev. Theodore t. Butler, for some
years rector of st. Mary's Episcopal
church at Haddon Heights, has ten
dered his resignation, to take effect
on June l. He has accepted a call to
st. Stephens Memorial Church, River
side. and will take charge on Trinity
Sunday, June 8.
Eleven candidates were initiated at
the meeting of the Tall Cedars of Leb-
anon on Tuesday evening. Such a
large delegation was present FROM
Camden Forest the rooms of the Ma
sonic Temple were too small to hold
the crowd, and the degree was conferred
in the high school auditorium.
Oscar Gillespie, of Mount Holly, was
taken to Jail on Thursday morning
and later removed to the county asy-
lum, after he had become mentally de-
ranged and tried to start fight with
every person he met on the street. His
actions created considerable excite
ment before he was captured.
Shad are getting scarcer, and it looks
now as if they would soon be luxury,
only for the rich. This should be the
height of the season for catching the
fish. Fishermen declare that shad
never before were SO scarce as this year,
and unless conditions materially
change the shad fishing industry will
be thing of the past.
On Saturday evening Leon Clay
poole was married to Miss Mary john
son. The ceremony was performed by
Rev. L. M. Bicknell, pastor of the
Presbyterian church, at the residence
of the brides sister, on Mill street.
The bride was dressed in white wolfe
and carried a bouquet of carnations
and sweet peas. Miss Anna Henry
was the bridesmaid, and Frank Clay
poole the best man. After the cere-
mony reception was held at the home
OF the groom on Pine street.
Herbert L. Townsend, formerly con-
I nected with the Childs grocery store,
has purchased Ford car, employed
Dallas Worrell as driver, and is con.
duc:ing package delivery service in
Mount Holly. Packages will be de-
hvered from stores to residences or tC
any desired points. There will be thre'
deliveries daily from stores, 10 q. m.
Up. M, and p. m. Special trips Car
be arranged for by telephoning 798-W
Charges of and 10 cents each will b.
made for packages, according to size.
At meeting of the board of educa
ton on Tuesday evening, the presen
teaching staff of the Mount Holl,
schools was reelected, with the sxcep
ton of three-Miss Beatrice Barring
ton, of the high school, Miss Mar,
Jones and Miss Mildred Tuttle, of tn
primary departmental of whom ha'
declined reelection. The vacancy il
the high school was filed by the elet
ton of Miss Edith Gaukrodger, {
Lakewood. Miss Gaukrodger was grad
uated from Mt. Holyoke college, wher
she specialized in English. She hs
been teaching at the Bryn Mawr PR