The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-06-18
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY, JUNE Is, 1918
LOCAL NEWS

Albert +. BOWker is quite Ill WIFI
liver trouble at his home on Church
street.
A daughter arrived in the family OF
Mr.. and Mrs. P. Joseph Perinchief on
Tuesday.
The annual picnic of the Methodist
Sunday school will be held at Rance
cas- Park on Thursday, July Is.
The engagement of Miss Ruth O.
Cotton, of Mount Holly, and Percy
Oatman, of Roebling, is announced.
The Mount Holly National Bank
win discontinue its custom of keeping
open Saturday evenings after June %.
Mrs. Gertrude C. Worrell, of Union
street, is now connected with the tran
scribing department of the county
clerks Office.
The Ellen Haines property on Muir
rell street was purchased by Samuel
Lutz, ON Thursday, at public sale. The
price paid was $725.
At local option election held in
Berkeley township, Ocean county, on
Tuesday, the vets won by majority
Of 16. The total vote polled was 14O.
Miss Charlotte Melcher has declined
reelection as teacher in the public
school. She has accepted position in
q girls private school at Devon, Pa.
Richard Lamb has opened the West
End hotel at Moorestown, as board
ing house for the workmen employed
ON the new concrete road at that place.
Herbert r. Smith. of the Herald
force, has accepted position as limo
type operator with the Asbury Park
Press, and will take up his new duties
next week.
Miss Mary l.. Flynn left Mount
Holly yesterday for Virginia, to become
Junior Chautauqua leader on the A
circuit, which embraces towns from
Virginia to New England.
Mount Holly stands second in Bur
hngton county in the sale of Thrift
and War Savings stamps, the local
post Office having sold $13, 900 worth up
to Thursday. Moorestown leads the
county.
George M. Albright, OF Mount Holly,
now Of Camp Dix, and Miss Mary
Chamberlain, also of Mount Holly,
were married in st. Andrews church,
on Wednesday evening, by Rev.
Henry Teller Cooke.
Published statements that Miss Julia
c. Mason, Of the county clerks Office,
and Miss Charlotte Fitzpatrick, who is
In George M. Hillman's Office, are
about to enter government service, are
denied by the young ladies'.
Harvey Rossell, of West Washington
street. was arrested on Wednesday on
. charge Of assault and battery on
some boys. He was given hearing
before Justice of the Peace Throck-
morton, and held for court.
Mr.. and Mrs, J. Richardson Gillian,
who have been visiting the latter's
parents on Mill street, have gone to
Sparrow's Point, Md. where Mr.. Gill
lam. who is a superintendent of con-
struction for Boston contractor, will |
be engaged on government work.
Cards are out for the wedding OF
Howard Bruce, Of Philadelphia, and |
Miss Sarah s. Ridgway, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Caleb s. Ridgway, of
Columbus. The ceremony will take
place at the home of the brides |
parents, on Saturday, June %, at
noon.
Miss Alma Booth, who has been
doing special police work in this yicin-
ity as a member Of the Fosdick COM
mission, has resigned because of i'll
health. Miss Booths work in the |
Camp Dix neighborhood has been of
great value, and there is much regret |
over her leaving.
Mrs. Fl. D. Lofland and Mrs. Joseph |
3. Evans, of Marlton. are members Of |
. committee working for the endow
ment of bed for school children in
the Burlington County Hospital, to be |
made by the Home and School Asso-
Citations of the county. $1,000 will be |
necessary to maintain the endowment, |
and campaign is to be begun to raise |
the amount.
The Burlington County Medical So. |
ciety held meeting on Wednesday
afternoon at the Metropolitan Inn,
Burlington. DIR. Willard III. Kinney,
Of Philadelphia, gave an interesting
talk on Diagnosis and Treatment of
Prostatic Hypertrophy." DR.. Arthur
]. Davidson. of Philadelphia, spoke
on "Deformities of the Feet, Their
Treatment and Relation to Military
Requirements"
The marriage of Simon Gillian, of
Mount Holly, and Miss Helen Marie
Atkins, of Merchantville, took place on
Wednesday evening in their future
home at Merchantville. Rev. /.
Meunch Chambers, of the Merchant
vile Baptist church, performed the
ceremony. The bride was attended by
Miss Dorothy Citizens, of Merchant
vile, and the groom by his brother, Law
renee g. Gillian. A reception
followed the ceremony.
Bernard Gluck, OF the Mount Holly
Auto Supply Company, who has been
living in Joseph B. Fleetwood's house
ON High street, formerly the George
w. Durand property, has purchased
the residence at the corner of Broad
and Buttonwood streets, together with
the vacant lot adjoining it on the west,
from Robert s. Gaslill. Mr.. Gluck
will occupy the property, and contem-
plates building dwelling on the lot
as soon as conditions permit.
An interesting programme was pre-
sented at the meeting of the Woman's
Burlington County Historical Society,
held at the Morris homestead in Penn
berton, Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Nc
MILAN read a historical sketch of Penn.
berton, written by her father, the late
Anthony ]. Morris, which was very in
teresting. Hon. Charlemagne Tower,
of Philadelphia, formerly ambassador
to Russia, read paper on Joseph
Bonaparte. and refreshments were
served.
Richard, four-year-old son of DIR. p.
L. Gaunt, was killed by an automo.