The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-05
LOCAL NEWS.

The board of freeholders will met
next Tuesday.
William, son of w. Roland Warricl
fell on Wednesday while playing an
broke his arm.
James Dolan has presented his re.
ignation as a special government agen
in the Camp Dix territory.
Letters for Miss Lizah MCGEE, Mis-
Beatrice Rossell, and Miss Helen Jack
son, remain unclaimed in the pos
Office.
Elizabeth, the little daughter of MI
and Mrs. c. L. Appleton, of Unior
street, is typhoid fever patient at thu
Burlington County Hospital.
The November meeting of the Bur
lington County Firemen's Associatio
will be held in Odd Fellows hall, Bev
erly. on Wednesday evening, Novem
Der 20.
John Throckmorton had fall at hi
cottage at Seaside Heights last week
and injured two of his ribs. He hal
returned to Mount Holly for the win
ter.
Drew w. Figner, employed by the
Bell Telephone Company. now living
at Wrightstown, has rented and viii
occupy the house owned by Mrs. Mary
A. Wells, 80 Brainard street.
Camp SO, P. o. of A., will hold q
masquerade party in the Kelsey &
Killie building tomorrow night. AID
mission will be 10 cents. Everybody
welcome. Refreshments will be served
to all.
The Mount Holly high school foo
ball team played its first game of the
season on Friday afternoon with Bur.
lington high school, at the latter place
The Mount Holly team was outweigh.
ed and was defeated. Score 81 to O.
Christmas package containers for our
soldiers overseas can be had at the
post Office, upon presenting the Christ.
mas parcel label. After being packed
they are to be deli yered, unwrapped, to
the Red Cross rooms, Murrell street, on
November 10, IA and 10.
The Interstate Milk Producers AS
ISOLATION announces the following
prices I. o. b. Philadelphia: For I'M
tested milk 10 cents quart. When
tested, price is to vary cents per 100
pounds for every ITO point of fat
above or below per cent. Receiving
station price in 5000 milk zone for 8
per cent. milk, 1857 with above vari-
atoms for fat.
Tomorrow has been set aside as the
annual donation day of the Burling-
ton County Hospital. This home in
stitution needs your support more lib
orally that ever before. Everything
used in the treatment of patients has
advanced in price, and help also costs
more. The sick must not be neglected
and this worthy institution is entitled
to your support. Try to double your
contribution this year.
The sugar allowance of two pounds
monthly person for househoIders has
been increased to three pounds by Food
Administrators Hoover, effective last
Friday. The sugar regulations also
are revised to permit purchase of the
entire months supply for family at
one time. This was made possible,
Mr.. Hoover said, through rapid manu-
facture of the beet sugar crop in the
south, reductions of consumption in
manufacturing, freer transportation
conditions and patriotic conservation
by the public.
There was an attendance of about
twenty-five farmers at county meet
ing OF the Central New Jersey Hog
Raisers' Association, held at the office
of Farm Demonstration Kiel in Mount
Holly last week. The object of the
meeting was to encourage greater CO.
operation among the hog raisers. Ad-
NtNocSo WNtO hla0C ny IA L. NldIk.
chief OF the State Bureau of Markets,
and John III. Hankinson, for state di-
rector of farm extension. c.. Craig
Tallman is the Burlington county vice
president of the state organization.
The first dance under the auspices of
the War Camp Community Service
was held in the Masonic temple ON
Saturday nightsfor the entertainment
OF soldiers who visited Mount Holly.
IL was quite successful affair. Music
was supplied by an orchestra from
Camp Dix. These dances, which are
given on Wednesday and Saturday
nights, are under the chaperonage of
well known Mount Holly women, and
only girls who are invited are permit
ted to attend. Judging by the remarks
OF the soldiers who were there on Sat
urday night, the dances will be yery
popular with the men from Camp Dix.
Union chemical and Good Intent
auto pump responded to an alarm of
fire from Jacksonville, Saturday eve
ming. The home of J. Edward Engle
on the Jacksonville-Jobst road.
was entirely destroyed, with its con-
tents of household goods, clothing-in
fact everything that was in the house
was reduced to ashes. The family of
Mr.. Engle was in Doylestown, Pa,
and the fire was discovered by neigh
Dor. Firemen from neighboring towns
were on hand and through their efforts
the large dairy barns and outbuildings
were saved. The origin of the fire is a
mystery. The loss is estimated at
10000, with partial insurance.
The Methodist Sunday school has
elected the following officers: Superin-
tsndent, s. Lawrence Bullock; assis.
tants, L. s. Boyce, William P. Eddy,
Mrs. Rebecca Prickitt; secretary, John
HI. Dobbins; statistical secretaries,
Harvey F. Murdoch. Raymond w.
Sprow; treasurer, l.. S. Boyce; chor.s-
ter, A. r. w. Atwood; assistant, John
nj. Huff: pianists, Mrs. Carrie Denness
Misses Edith Reynolds, Grace Dicker.
son. Clover and Violet. Lippincott; SUI
perintendent of primary department,
Mrs. John M. Huff; assistants, Mrs
Martha Dill, Mrs. Bert Dill, Miss Heller
Rossell; superintendent of home de
partment, Miss Sue M. Buckley. BY
this reelection Mr.. Dobbins enter
upon his sixtieth consecutive year al
secretary, a record that is probably un