The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-26
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 26, 1918
LOCAL NEWS.

The Legislature has passed Assem-
blyman Roberts bill incorporating
Wrightstown as borough.
DR.. George Earle Raiguel will delive
one of his interesting lectures in tn
court house on Thursday evening.
At the Friday evening services il
st. Andrews church, the preacher will
be Rev. DR.. Galley, of Philadelphia.
Conductor Arthur Shinn, OF the
Medford branch OF the Pennsylvania
railroad, will shortly remove to Mount
Holly.
Joseph R. Gillian and family, who
have been living in Philadelphia fol
several weeks, will return to Mount
Holly shortly.
The Joseph Huff property on Brain
ard street has been rented by Mrs. Amy
Lands, of Brooklyn, whose husband
il employed at Camp Dix.
Joseph Gibbs, OF Medford. was land
ed in the county Jail last week. He is
charged with stealing wagon from
the sheds at Braddock's hotel on Tues
day.
Miss Rachel Dodge, of New York,
has been elected county secretary OF
the Young Women's Christian Asso.
citation, succeeding Miss Mary Turner,
resigned.
Letters for Mrs. Frank Wallace, Mr..
Merdic Mason, Mrs. Christina Gresch,
Mrs Artie Crammer, Mrs. Alice Davis
and Mrs. Ada Moore, remain unclaim-
cd in the post Office.
Floyd s. Stockton has given up his
government position at Washington
and entered the employ of the Phila-
delphia National Bank. He is again
living in Mount Holly.
Miss Mary A. Borton is filing the
vacancy In the grammar school teach
ing staff caused by the resignation of
Mrs. Warren A. Vanderveer, until the
election of permanent teacher.
There will be public sale of house
hold goods belonging to the estate of
Nellie G. Carr. deceased, at her late
residence, No. IL Brainard street, on
Thursday afternoon at two o'clock.
Edmund d. Fryer. son of Samuel
Fryer, left Mount Holly. on Saturday,
for Toronto, Canada, to enter mill
tary officers training school similar to
the officers training camps in the
United States.
The farm of T. Raymond Wilkins,
near Msdford, has been purchased by
the English Setter Club of America
The farm will be developed and made
suitable for the holding of the clubs
annual field trials.
The Joseph B. Gaskill farm between
Pemberton and Vincentown, has been
purchased by Ellsworth Davis. whose
farm near Wrightstown was taken by
the government last year in the MAX
ing Of Camp Dix.
There will be served in the basement
Of the Baptist church, on Thursday
evening, an excellent supper, the menu
consisting OF lobster and chicken
salads, dsyiled crabs, guinea pot pie,
oysters in all styles, etc.
Mrs. George F. Harbert, of High
street, was taken sick while attending
Friends quarterly meeting on Tues
day, and had to be removed to her
home. She is now much improved,
although still confined to the house.
The remains Of Miss Mary A. Dea-
con, who died at Moorestown on Tues
day, were inferred at Pemberton, Fri
day. Miss Deacon was daughter of
former county clerk John B. Deacon,
and sister of Mrs. Thomas C. Shreve,
of Pemberton.
On charge Of stealing fowls from
the henneries of Nathaniel B. Jones,
of Masonville, and Jesse Hall, of
Mount Laurel, Oliver Gaines was
given a hearing before Magistrate
Petit, Of Moorestown, who committed
him to the county Jail in default of
$500 bail.
Amos. A. Zelley, who was secretary
and treasurer OF the Farmers Exchange
died suddenly this morning at a few
minutes after eleven o'clock. He had
gone to the garage in DIR. Carter's yard
and had cranked his car. He was
moving lit slowly when he suddenly
died. The car cranked very hard and
the physicians who were called ex-
pressed the opinion that the exertion
he used caused an attack of apoplexy.
Prosecutor Kelsey appeared before
Judge Lippincott on Thursday, to
have indictments against Joseph
Swanson, certified for general military
service, wiped off the record so there
would be no interference with his
being taken to Camp Dix. Swanson
was indicted in October for breaking
and entering and larceny. His case
had not been disposed of because of
his prospective military service.
The Methodist Conference will meet
on Wednesday of next week. The
Philadelphia papers, in their advance
information about the appointments
that will be made, have more than
once said that Rev. Thomas s. HAM
mond, now in charge of the Mount
Holly church, may be sent to Pleasant
vile. If there is any foundation to
this rumor it is not known to any one
connected with the Mount Holly
church and Mr.. Hammond has not
been apprised of any such move.
A special district school meeting will
be held in Springfield township on
Saturday, at which the board of edu-
cation will ask the voters to authorize
the making of repairs to the school
house at Jacksonville, at cost Of not
more than 81, 900. $1,000 will be asked
for the purpose of charging the Jobs
town school to a four room building
and purchasing the necessary equip.
msnt. 1t is also proposed to erect q
new two room school at Juliustown,
the cost Of building and equipment
not to exceed $1,000.
A meeting Of the wives of soldiers
stationed at Camp Dix who are living
In Mount Holly, was held at the home
Of Mrs. A. L. Sailer last Tuesday after
noon and an organization to be known
as the army Wives" was formed
Another meeting will be held at three
o'clock this afternoon a. the Y. w. C
A. rooms on Garden street, when {
constitution will be drawn up and com
mittees chosen. p. o. Osterhus. of tn,