The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-19
Miss Helen Robertson, of Madison

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ltion for motor truck drivers for state
service with an average of 90.19.
John Lavery, who resigned a posi-
ton in the Mount Holly post office
and joined the army, has been heard
from. He is somewhere across the
ocean.
| The Wednesday evening prayer
meeting of the Presbyterian congrega-
ton will be held at the home of Mrs.
Maud Southwick, on Mount Holly
avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Rose, of Bridge
boro, announce the engagement of
their daughter, Ethel, and Arthur D.
Chant, of Beverly, who is now at
Camp Dix.
Miss Anna NJ. Reed has been elected
supervising principal of the schools of
Burlington, succeeding Wilbur Watts,
resigned. Miss Reed has been assistant
principal for some time.
Mrs. Percy Perinchief has rented her
High street residence to the families of
some officers at Camp Dix. Mrs. Per
inchief will spend season at Atlantic
City and then open her cottage at
Brielle.
Thomas ]. ]. Barlow, of Maple
Shade, has been reappointed men,
Der of the new Delaware River Bridge
Commission. William F. Morgan, of
Palmyra, who was member of the
old Commission, was not retained.
The Burlington County Farmers
Exchange is negotiating for the pur-
chase Of the coal yard of Doughty &
Co., on Pine street. If the deal goes
through the Office of the Exchange
will be removed from its present loca-
ton on High street to the new place.
Lawrence G. Gillian, who has been a
chief yeoman at the League Island
navy yard for some time, has been ad-
vanced to assistant paymaster with
the rank of ensign. Harold H. Budd,
who held the same position as Mr..
Gillian, has received a similar promo
ton.
Edward Chambers, employed on
farm near Hartford, was brought to
the Burlington County Hospital on
Wednesday afternoon, suffering from
injuries received when he fell from a
wagon and was run over. One of his
legs was badly torn and one elbow dis
located.
An illustrated lecture on Recon
struction Work by Friends in France"
by Agnes Nicholson and Robert
Brown, of George school, will be the
feature of the meeting of the Young
Friends Association tomorrow night, |
in the meeting house at High and |
Garden streets.
Not long ago milk was 6 cents |
quart; the hired girl drew $3.50 a week;
farmers came to town for their mail;
the butcher threw in" a chunk of
liver; Jules Verne was the only con-
vert to submarine; you stuck tubes
in your ears to hear phonograph and
it cost dime.
The Woodmen of the World elected |
officers on Tuesday evening, as follows:
Council commander, Herman Krup- |
nick; advisory lieutenant, George b.
n. Il a
clerk, Irving G. Gaskill; banker. Ben
jamin F. Hirshblond; Waterman, S.
Lerman; sentry, S. Zayinis; managers. |
Harvey Comp, Harvey Austin, Will
liam B. Crozier.
Food Administrator Hoover has is
sued an order that no laying hens |
shall be killed, up to May l. Eggs |
and poultry are in great demand. Too
many fiocks were killed off last sum-
mer. 1t is hoped to replenlsh. Some
body asks what is to be done, if you
have chickens and can't find any feed
to buy tor themY Ask that of the Food |
Administrators would be no harder
than lots of Others he gets.
United States Commissioner Ralph |
w. Haines, on Saturday, held Harry |
Martin for appearance at court for pur-
chasing liquor and giving it to
soldier. Martins home is in Trenton. |
He was accosted by the soldier on a |
street in Bordentown and was given
some money. Martin went into a
wholesale store and got the goods but
the proprietor did not know to whom
the liquor was to be given, so he was
not responsible.
The state Department of Education i
has begun the work of making sur
vey Of the Mount Holly schools, which
was recently requested by the board of
education. Messrs. Meredith and
Scott, assistant state commissioners,
are in charge of the survey. When
the task is completed a report of the
findings will be presented to the board
of education, together with such sug-
gestions or recommendations as the
state department may consider advis-
able.
Union Fire Company was called out
at nine O'Clock, Saturday evening, to
go to Juliustown. Two barns were
burned. The fire started in a barn
owned by Charles Mitchell and the
flames blew over to an adjoining barn
owned by Frank Kirby. Both build
ings were entirely destroyed and the
direction Of the wind was all that saved
the town from a big blaze. There was
not anything of value in the barns and
the fire was undoubtedly the work of
an incendiary.
The following, taken from Phila-
delphia paper, will be quite interesting
as well as surprising in some respects,
to many people: Corporal William
F. Lippincott, of I Company, 311th
Infantry, who was young attorney at
Mount Holly before he was summoned
to the colors, has been ordered to re-
port for special duty at the division
judge advocates Office, where enlisted
men with legal training are needed for
the organization Of the department.
Corporal Lippincott's father is Judge
Lippincott, of the Burlington County
Court"
Chief of police Assay is quite vigilant
but even at that he is not able to get
next to some matters that seem to re-