The Mount Holly news., 1918-03-26
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY, MARCH 2e, 1918
LOCAL NEWS.

Does any one know if Mount Holl
is to have a base ball team this season
Letters for w. H. White and Mis-
Grace johnson remain unclaimed il
post Office.
Mrs. Morgan G. Vennell died at he
home on Brainard street, Thursda,
morning.
Chautauqua week in Mount Holly
this year will be from June 15 to Jun,
81, inclusive.
The board of education has decided
to install gas cooking stove in the
Samuel Aaron school.
George 7. Durand and family are
occupying apartments at Clifton L.
Appleton's, on Union street.
Mrs. ]. w. C. Evans has rented hel
recently purchased residence on Union
street, to Captain Baggs, of Camp Dix
The Mission Sunday school will hold
its Easter service at half-past seven
Sunday evening, in the Brainard
school house.
The girls basket ball team of the
Mount Holly high school was defeated
by the Burlington school team, on
Tuesday afternoon. Score 10 to9.
Mrs. Helen d. Martin and daughter,
of White River Junction, VT, and
Mrs. Henry Britton, of Hartland, VT,
are visiting friends in Mount Holly.
Announcement is made of the en-
gagement Of Edward U. Grigg, of
Broad street, and Miss Mildred D..
Koehler, of the high school faculty.
Somers Steelman. of Mays Landing,
father of Mrs. Louis J. Kayser, died at
a. Philadelphia hospital on Sunday
night of last week, from pneumonia.
The final lecture of the course given
in Mount Holly by DR.. George E.
Raiguel will take place at the court
house on Thursday night at o'clock.
Ellsworth Worrell, of Moorestown,
was fined 50 by Recorder Herbert on
Tuesday night, for driving his auto
mobile in Mount Holly without hav-
ing his tail-lamp lighted.
Moses Layton, 40 years of age,
well-known resident of Bordentown,
was found dead in bed at his home in
that city, Wednesday. Bright's dis
ease was the cause OF death.
The Burlington County Anti-Tuber-
culosis League has opened free clinic
In the city hall at Burlington. Phvsi-
clans will be in attendance every Mon
day afternoon from until o'clock.
Col. HI. n. Cootes, chief OF staff at
Camp Dix, delivered an interesting ad-
dress, on Tuesday night, before the
mems club of st. Andrews church,
which met at the home of William
Heyer on Ridgway street.
Col. A. Nj. Paykin, formerly of the
Russian army, has purchased the Fred
A. Clark farm near Smithville, and is
occupying it with his family. Mr..
Clark and family have moved into the
Travis property on Garden street.
Mr.. and Mrs. William F. Reeve, of
Moorestown, announce the engagement
Of their sister, Mrs Richard A Rod
rick, Of Missoula, Montana. formerly
~ Cau,1op ord Tohc NJ Xo;tb oI.o
OF Missoula. Mrs. Rodrick is the
widow of Rev. Richard A Rodrick, a
former rector of ST. Andrews church,
Mount Holly.
Robert 8. Gaskill, who is in Florida,
sends clipping from the Tampa
Times, which tells of remarkable pig
in Burlington county, as follows:
Harry Wright, of Medford, N. J.,
owns a thoroughbred pig which he
claims went over fve-foot fence like
kangaroo and before finally lassoed
ran IL miles,"
The Rake Pond Cranberry Company
has decided to go out of business, after
being in existence for many years.
The corporation is not large enough for
a company to operate, but the proper
ty is one that could be used to good ad-
vantage by an individual. An adver
tisement in another column will show
what it consists Of. 1t will be sold at
public sale on Saturday, April 1S.
Mr.. and Mrs. George DeCou, of
Moorestown, announce the engagement
of their daughter. Miss Agnes Boldt
DeCou, to Harold Hume Budd, of
Mount Holly, son of the late Eckard
p. Budd. Mr.. Budd is an assistant
paymaster in the United States navy,
and at present is in New York, await
ing orders to go on board some ship,
probably one of thase recently &C
quired from Holland.
The weekly meeting of the Army
Wives League will be held this after
noon at the residence of James T.
Royle, where Mrs. Fred Laing will be
the hostess. At the meeting last Tues
day the committee in charge of listing
rooms in Mount Holly residences for
occupancy by families OF army men
reported that number are available
The afternoon was spent in making
curtains for one of the mess rooms at
Camp Dix and in Red Cross work.
New Jersey is scheduled to recruit
ten men each week for army Y. NJ. C.
A. secretaryships. Here is an excep-
tional privilege for christian service
Men in all sorts of business and pro.
fessions are needed. Period of enlist
ment is six months. This is a service
within the means of many laymen
Any one who is interested in this type
OF work should communicate with th,
county Y. M. c. A. secretary, who will
furnish application blanks and explain
the details of service.
A hosts club has been organized b,
the boys who have been drafted from
Burlington and Camden counties, nov
stationed at Camp Dix. The objec
OF the organization is to plan for fre
quent entertainments and reception
for visitors to Company 1, S11th In
fantry. The officers OF the club are
President, Sergeant George H. Akin:
Mount Holly; vice president, Stanle
c. Farlick; secretary, Edward I
Hodge, of Camden; treasurer, Horac
C. Wills, of Vincentown.
Sheriff Haines has had one sugge
ton that man be put to work undt
the compulsory law. While there al
undoubtedly number of ''slackers