Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-27
PATRIOTISM IN
SALEM COUNTY
Ierscyrncn End Red Cross Cam
paign and Start War Saw
ings Stamp Drive"
stat Correspondence OF Every Evening

stat Correspondence Of Every Evening
Prnn's Grove, \. J., June 2S.-Im-
neiiately following Red Cross cam
paign Salem county has started War
Savings Stamp drive" In the Red
Cross campaign the county was appor-
toned $4,000 and subscribed sl23,-
GA So. The apportionment of the dis
trict embracing Penn Grove was S2l ,OoO,
but its subscriptions aggregated Slo1 .4oo-
The du Pont employees at Carney $
Point contributed two days wages to
the Red Cross fund For the War say
ings Stamp drive" ID. Stewart Craven
is county chairman, William II. Chew VICE
chairman. William NJ. Waddlngton cam
paign manager and Miss Florence Haynes
secretary The Penns Grove-Carney 5
Point committee is composed oi +. j.
O'Connor ID. V. Summerill, Orv1lle
Parker. c. L. Wood, B. :. Smith, Matthew
Mitchell +. \. C,cntieu.' u. l.. Biohm,
John Nj Wcldin and L. l.. layton
Bisbop Matthews and the War Council
of the Episcopal diocese OF New Jersey
have presented motorboat, "a ieet long,
IN the Fort Mott Young Men S Christian
Association to bring IN touch with the
activities the troops stationed az f"rt
Delaware. The craft, formerly known
as Lille :, has been renamed Eleanor IN
honor Of Miss Eleanor Raymond daughter
of Colonel 4 ID. Raymond.
The local option election IN Lower
penu's Neck township at whlch oo9
votes were east. resulted IN a majority
of 20 for the ''wcts Pennsvllle contaips
the only hotel in the township rive
other districts in Salem county have voted
"drv." and the result IN Lower fcnn
Neck township Is surprising
recently established motor truck mali
route includes Pcnns Grove, Salem and
NillvilIe The trucks are ferrled across
tLe Delaware river from Wilmington.
Pern's Grove Elks have purchased
fron Josiah ID. Locke for 81 200 Nam
street lot having a front Of 10 feet and a
ecnth of 200 feet, on which they VIII
erect a hall. The price per loot, sso' Is
tic highest ever paid for land IN the
borough
! carnival held hy Pcnn's Grove Moose
re,ted $500. which viii hc sent 70 Moose
narticinating in the war The Moose also
have donated $50 to the Red Cross and
$40 to the Liberty Fire Go
NJ. ID Poland of Wilmington has
purchased Lewis Cook general store,
corner of Main ard Broad streets. and
will convert il into department store
Pcnns Grove has a building and loan
ASSOCIATION, of which Herman Scherm,
Stanton b. Cole. sheppard L Boone.
B. Noel Gross. A. T. Weich, J. v run
bull. Joseph Lyons. Hollis r. ASh'raft
] \. Fisher g. l.. Lamhorn and Charles
Il Leonard arc the incorporators
Hubert e. Berry. Clarence FISHER;
]. Oakford Banks. David johnson and
Howard Borden have incorporated
detective association.
Rev Henry flanagan i conducting
summer school Of music
The graduating class Of the Penn
GROVE High School spent week at
PoughkeepsIe. y. Y, and IN lts vlcInitv
Owing TO scarcity of lahorers persons
arrested for drunkenness or gambling
are sentenced 70 clean Penn's Grove
streets
The Penn's Grove campmeeting season
ended last Sunday. with Bishop John
Hamilton Of Washington, ID G., preaching
in the morning and evening $500
mortgage on the Tabernacle was Cancelled
al the final services
4 pipe organ has been put in - Paul
Church Miss Amelia Hawkes. Thorn
Of Philadciphia gave recital last night.
and the new instrument Will be dedicated
next Sunday.
The bcIfry Of Bethel Church was
destroyed hv lightning in recent storm,
AiethodiSts have opened sunday
school at Carneys Point preparatory 10
organizing church
Rev. Eugene Nanotc has accepted
call 10 the pastorate of the Carney
Point PRESBYTERIAN Church.
". + HarkIns has been appointed
manager OF the du Pont club.
Thirty-slN men have been sent from
the ordnance department at amp Han
cock to the CARNEY Point powder plants.
where they will STAY one month
\ case of smallpox has been discovered
In house on South street, Carney's
Point. The neighhorhood was duaran-
tined and guarded immediately after the
discovery.