The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-16
The MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY, JULY IS, 1918
LOCAL NEWS.

at the Mathis snip yard IN camden.
The annual picnic of the Methodist
Sunday school will be held at Rancocas
Park Oh Thursday.
Misses Amanda Green and Margaret
McKeown, of Camden, were the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey F. Murdoch
on Sunday.
Edwin l.. Sibbett, of Mount Holly,
has secured position in government
printing Office recently opened in
Philadelphia.
All members of the Mount Holly p.
o. S. of A. are requested to attend an
important meeting to be held on
Thursday night.
Rev. Fred Delivered, missionary
returned from Africa, breaches at the
tent meetings on Paxson street each
evening at eight o'clock.
Mr. and Mrs Fred A. Tracey return
ed to their home at Washington, d. c.,
yesterday, after spending three days
with relatives in Mount Holly.
John A. Kelly, of Medford, was ar
rested in Camden on Friday for utter
ing forged note of 5000. He was com
mitted to Jail to await the action of the
grand jury.
The girl scouts connected with St.
Andrews church have been taking an
outing at Bader's camp on the upper
creek. They were chaperoned by Mrs.
Edward Hullings.
A son arrived in the family of Mr..
and Mrs. Lester Shinn, of Mount Holly
avenue, last week. Mrs. Shinn is at
the home.of her sister, Mrs. Newlin
Haines, at Moorestown.
During the progress of moving their
household goods from Paxson street,
Thursday, SO was stolen from pocket
book belonging to Mrs. John A.
Throck morton, which she had left
hanging on the wall.
George b. Evans has resigned as as
sistant solicitor of the Burlington
County Trust Company, to take effect
at once. 1t is rumored that no solicitor
will be elected until the expiration of
William D. Lippincott's term as Judge.
The board of education has requested
the local newspapers TO publish the re-
port of the survey of the Mount Holly
schools, recently completed by the
State Department of Education. The
report, which is quite lengthy, arrived
in Mount Holly last week. II will be
published soon.
Because Of war conditions Burling |
ton County Pomona Grange has de- |
, cided not to hold a fair in connection !
with its annual picnic at Rancocas
Park this year. Instead of being a |
two-day affair the picnic will be held
on one day about the middle of
August, the exact date to be announc-
ed later.
An unusually large number of I'M
claimed letters remain in the post
office for the week ending Saturday, as
follows: Mrs. Albert Shinn Richard
Stockton, Miss L. Reed, Mrs. Ellen
Hurley, Mrs. II. b. Hawke, Miss 5.
Chase, Mrs. Louisa Conrow, William
E. Crowther, Miss Ethel Brown, Mr..
and Mrs. William Chew.
The Presbyterian church, which en-
tertained a number of soldiers, was
closed for the summer, but the great |
number of men who are coming here
on Saturday evenings and who do not
have many place to reimbursement, has
caused the church people to resume
their good work earlier than was ex-
pected and the church will be open
next Saturday evening.
Detectives George Weckessen, of
Philadelphia, and Ellis Fl. Parker, of
Mount Holly, went to Wrightstown,
on Friday, and recovered an automo-
bile that had been stolen in Philadel.
phia on Thursday from Charles IL
Hassert, a lawyer. Mr.. Hassert ac
companied the detectives and identi-
fled his ear. Arrests of the thieves is
expected in the rear future.
Governor Edge last week appointed
election boards for all counties OF the
state, as required by the reform cleo
ton law passed by the last LegisIa-
ture. All The members of the Bur
lington county board were reappointed
as follows: Newton Morton, Republi-
can, for one year: William III. Reeves,
Republican, two years; Joseph r.
Sisom, Democrat, one year; Henry II.
Savage, Democrat, two years.
Profiteering by merchants in COM
munities near Camp Dix, at the ex
pense of soldiers, will be met with all
the force of the law, through cam
paign opened last week, following com
plants that certain merchants are
charging men in uniform higher prices
for products than asked of civilian
customers. Cooperation of soldiers
and the public in getting evidence
against merchants of this type has
been requested.
Probably the best game of base ball
in the county this season will take
place at $3.50 p. m, Saturday, July 20,
ON the athletic field, Church street,
Moorestown, when the home team will |
play against Williams Professionals. |
the Palmyra Riverton club. Each
team feels confident of winning. |
Moorestown has fast lot of players to
pit against the professionals. The
game will be viewed by a large num-
Der of spectators.
The Rev. John f. Kaufman, for
merry of Somerset Presbyterian
church, Fail River, Mass, has been in
stalled as pastor of the Columbus and
PlattsbuEg Presbyterian churches. Ser
vices were held Wednesday in PIatts-
burg church at 4.30 p. M, and in Co
lumbus church at 7.30. Rev. j. A.
Matheson, pastor of the. Allentown
Presbyterian church, acted as moder-
ator. The services in both churches
were preached by Rev. Luther NJ.
Bicknell, of Mount Holly, while the
charge TO the pastor was delivered by
Rev. Arthur Phillips, of Beverly
Rev. j. S. DaueFty, of Morristown, de-
livered the charge to the congregation
Mr. Kaufman is native of Everett,
Pa. He has been recently joined by
his wife, who has been spending some
time at the home of relatives in Al