The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-23
IHE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
LOCAL NEWS.

LOShL MI w %
The April term of court opened thi
morning.
James T. Buck has been elected JAM
tor Of the Samuel Aaron school.
John F.. Kiner has sold his residence
on Greenwood avenue to Theodore M
Pennock.
County engineer James Logan has
added q sun parlor to his residence on
High street.
Letters for Mrs. G. Davis and Miss
Matilda Frathee remain unclaimed in
the post Office.
During the last month the district
nurse made 10 visits for sickness and
five social calls.
Cooper H. Prickett. of Burlington,
was elected senior warden of the Ma
sonic Grand Lodge of New jersey last
week.
Harvey MacCauley, of the Anti-Sa-
loon League of New Jersey, spoke in
the Methodist church on Sunday morn
ing.
Budd g. Krayer, who sailed from
League Island several weeks ago, has
been heard from. He is Somewhere
in France"
Mrs. Raymond E. Thomson has en-
tirely recovered from her serious illness
of several months duration, and is
now able to go out.
Mrs. Rachel Haines will have pub
lie sale of household goods at her resi-
dence, No. 403 Garden street, on Satur-
day afternoon at o'clock.
David Narramore, of Rochester, N.
Y, who is an army Y. M. C. A. secre-
tary at Camp Dix, spent Sunday in
Mount Holly as the guest of Robert
Shoemaker.
America chemical engine was called
out on Wednesday afternoon to extin-
guish blaze in pile Of lumber in
the yard Of the Farmers Exchange
property out Pine street.
A series of letters written to his
mother by Lieut.. Edwin A. Abbey,
who was killed in France while fight
ing with the Canadian forces, are ap-
pearing in the Philadelphia Bulletin.
William Dobbins, of Washington
street, has resigned his position in the
Karg market, and will remove to As
bury Park about the first of May, hav-
ing accepted position in grocery
store there.
Cards have been received announc-
ing the marriage at Ithaca, N. Y,
March 81, of Miss Clara Patterson
Forte. Burlington County Food Demon
strator, to Ray Edison Corrigan, of the
United States Signal Corps.
A committee of firemen from Ash
land, Pa, visited Mount Holly on Sat
urday afternoon, and inspected the
auto pumping engine of Good Intent
company. The machine was run to
Smithviile and pumping demonstra
ton given for the benefit of the visitors
at the pond there.
The annual meeting of 1.-THE
Yahoos" surviving members Of the 23d |
regiment Of New Jersey volunteers,
will be held in the hall of Post 26,
Mount Holly, on Friday, May 8, at
ten o'clock. 1t is expected that date
will then be fixed for dedicating the
monument erected to the memory of
Gen. E. B. Grubb, in st. Mary's grave
yard, Burlington.
Postmaster Francis H. Reed and his
wife had been married twenty years,
Saturday, and some of their friends
had arranged to take surprise party
to the house, but Mr.. and Mrs. Reed
were too quick and got up a party for
Friday evening to which the other
party was invited. A very pleasant
evening was spent and the visitors left
o nice souvenir for their hosts
Numerous complaints have been
made to the pigeon section of the sig
nal corps that carrier pigeons of the
racing homer type, being trained
throughout the United States for COM
munication service with the American
Army, have been shot by persons on
hunting expeditions This misfortune
has led the committee on public infor.
nation to warn sportsmen that pigeons
should not be molested, as they may
be army carriers.
Company B, State Militia, of Mount
Holly, attended battalion drill at
Trenton on Wednesday, and made a
very creditable showing. The drill
took place in the large armory in that |
city, and was in charge of Major H. P
Moorhead, battalion commander. The
four companies in the battalion are
from Camden, Mount Holly, Trenton,
and Somerville. The Mount Holly |
company showed as careful training as
any of the other organizations.
A team belonging to the railroad
camp out Shreve street became fright
ened at the rafting of some loose
boards in the wagon, on Wednesday
afternoon, and ran away on Washing
ton street. The horses struck fire
plug in front of the Imperial hotel,
and were thrown, one animal break
ing it's shoulder and receiving other in.
juries that necessitated its being killed
The other horse was not injured. The
driver, colored man, was thrown to
the pavement and badly cut about the
head. He received treatment at the
Burlington County Hospital.
Another change has been made by
the Board of Education OF Northamp-
ton with reference to the time for open
ing and closing the daily sessions OF
the school. Hereafter the opening
hour will be As in the morning. The
previous order called all the scholars to
their duties at $50 and released a
portion Of them at l1.40 Then the bal
ance would be dismissed at 11.55. This
caused confusion in the school and also
created some trouble for parents who
had children in theIdifferent grades.
Under the new ruling all pupils will
be dismissed at the close of the morn
ing sessions at the same time.
Judge Lippincott gave considerable
attention to Orphans Court business,
Thursday, after which he took up the
truancy cases presented by attendance
offiaar GaslxiIl which a "a ,oopfiopad g.,