The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-06-18

Charles E. Cause, of Llanerch, Pa.
will pitch his annual camp along tn
upper creek this week.
st. Andrews Sunday school will
hold its annual picnic at Rancoca
Park on Wednesday of next week.
A number of high school teacher
are spending the week at Miss Madg'
Huff's bungalow on the upper creek
Blu id Atkinson, former resident o
Mount Holly, died in Philadelphia or
Wednesday. He was 70 years of age
Thomas A. Edison, the inventor, &C
companied by his son, registered fol
di inner at the New Washington House
on Tuesday.
Martin Dugan, Of Moorestown, took
a ride to Camp Dix, Sunday, in his
seven passenger Studebaker. He
parked the car, and when he went to
get it to return home the car wac gone
The Methodist Sunday school chang.
ed the hour for its sessions, on Sunday
and will meet hereafter at ten o'clock
The hour for morning church service
will be eleven o'clock.
Sergeant George H. Atkins under.
went an operation for appendicitis at
the base hospital, Camp Dix, on Sat
urday afternoon. His condition is re.
ported to be favorable and satisfactory.
The Philadelphia Ledger reports
that an automobile driven by Miss
f. l.. Farley, of Mount Holly, struck
Edward King, eighty-three years old,
in Camden, on Friday, and fractured
his hip.
Mrs. Elwood H. Stokes, who has
been a patient at the Burlington Coun-
ty Hospital since undergoing a serious
operation there about five weeks ago,
has so far recovered as to be able to re-
turn to her home yesterday.
All boys willing to work on farms in
this neighborhood will be assigned by
applying to Farm Demonstrated Keil
in the Kelsey & Killie building. This
is fine opportunity for boys to do
useful and patriotic work of import
ance.
The County Engineers Association
of New Jersey, of which James Logan,
of Mount Holly, is president, will meet
in Mount Holly on Friday, June 81.
After the meeting the members will
make tour of inspection of Camp
Dix.
During the heavy rain Friday even
ing the driver of an automobile tried
to turn his car in front of the Arcade
hotel and backed on the pavement.
smashing the heavy plate glass win
dow in the insurance Office of Harry
Hawkins, Jr.
Michael H. Johnson died at his
home on Pine street, Thursday, after
an illness of long duration, during part
of which he was in the Burlington
County Hospital. Mr.. Johnson was
long identified with the Risdon Ma
chine works. He was one of the old
est members of Relief Fire Company,
and was quite active in that organiza-
ton in his younger days.
President Wilson has officially des-
ignated Friday, June %, as War Saw
ings Day and urges the observance in
the following message: II earnestly APP
peal to every man, woman and child
to pledge themselves on or before the
2Sth of June to save constantly and to
buy as regularly as possible the secur-
tiles of the government, and to do this
as far as possible through membership
in war saving societies.
A New York contractor sent eight
teams and dump wagons from that
city to Collingswood, last week, to
work on a building operation. The
teams passed through Bordentown, on
Friday. A short distance this side of
that city, one of the teams was found
to be missing. 1t is supposed the
driver, an Italian, left the party to dis
pose of his outfit. 1t consisted of a
pair of gray horses attached to a dump
wagon.
Rancocas Grange No. 131, Patrons of
Husbandry, will have children's day
exercises on Saturday, June %, at 2.3O
p. m. sharp. There also will be dedi-
cation of their grange hall, and the
raising and unfurling of the flag of the
United States. Prominent speakers
will be in attendance. All members
and their families are requested to be
present. Ladies will please bring
cakes. The grange will supply other
refreshments.
Two inmates of the Railway reform
atory, who have been doing convict
labor for the state on roads at Wrights-
town, committed number of robber-
les in that borough during the past
week. The men are named Apologize
and Hill. They entered the railroad
station, Lambs store, Davis grist mill
and three other places, and stole a
miscellaneous variety of articles of
small value. They were returned to
the reformatory, where they will be
disciplined.
Paul G. Hopes, of West Chester,
Pa, has been elected instructor OF
manual training in the public school.
succeeding Walter L. Scott, who re-
signed to enter Y. Nj. c. A. work. Mr..
Hopes is graduate of Drexel Insti-
tute. He has been teaching at Woods
town, N. j., and is highly recommend
ed. Miss Mildred d. Perinchief, OF
Mount Holly, whose qualifications are
we'll known, has been elected domestic
science teacher.
George Greenewald, the barber, who
has occupied stand on High
street for number Of years, died
suddenly on Thursday evening. He
had been in poor health fora long time
and was compelled to remain home FOL
several days prior to his death. Or
Thursday he felt SO much better tina
he went to his shop and worked, clos
| ing the place about nine o'clock. HI
went to bed as soon as he got hom'
l o,,d -, about on hour ha aOrnplaipa1 n
feeling sick and got out of bed, falling
on the floor and dying in about fifteer
minutes. A complication of disease
caused death.
When an automobile was upset a