The Mount Holly news., 1918-03-19
A letter for Edward Mayors remains
In the post Office.

was the weekend guest OF Mr.. anC
Mrs. Roy Watson, of Pine street.
Company E Auxiliary will hold Q
cake sale in the store No. % High
street, on Saturday afternoon, March
80.
The preacher at the service in st
Andrews church, Friday evening, will
be Rev. Norman Van Pelt Lewis, o1
Philadelphia.
The township committee passed a
curfew ordinance on first reading last
Thursday night. Public notice will be
given of the date set for the final read
J ing.
The apron social at the Methodist
church, last week, netted over $50,
which was very gratifying to the
Ladies' Aid Society, which had charge
of the affair.
| The meeting of st. Andrews Mems
Club will be held this evening at 8.15,
at the home of William F. Heyer, 25
Ridgway street. The speaker will be
Col. Henry r. Cootes.
John Zamis, one of the proprietors
of the confectionery store and rsstau-
rant at No. 5S Main street, died at
Cooper hospital, Camden, on Sunday,
from complication of diseases.
On Friday, Harry Pease Cox, of
Jacksonville, Florida, while en- route
to Hartford, Conn.,, spent several hours
with his sister and neice, Mrs. l. l..
Burgess and daughter, of 1O2 Ridgway
street.
All the household goods belonging TO
Martha C. Gaskill, deceased, will be
sold at public sale next Friday after
noon, beginning at one o'clock, at her
late residence No. 45 Pine street,
Mount Holly.
Farmers are urged to test seed field
corn before planting, as considerably
over half of the ears already tested did
not germinate. This applies to expert
ments made with corn from various
sections of Burlington county.
A pleasant evening was spent at
Mrs. Roy Watson's home on Pine
street last Friday, when the p. o. of
A. Sewing Circle met there. Refresh
ments were served and a general good
time enjoyed by everyone present.
On Saturday evening occurred the
death of Mrs. John B. Herbert, at her
home on Buttonwood street. Mrs.
Herbert had been seriously ill with
bright's disease and confined to her
bed for several weeks. The funeral
will take place to-day.
John Smith, aged about go years,
committed suicide at New Gretna, yes
tsrday, by hanging himself in hay
NOW. He had been in ill health for
some time. He was in the employ Of
Walter G.. Gattignon, farmer.
Coroner Gaskill made an investigation
and issued burial permit.
The musical and dramatical enter
tainment at the Mount Holly theatre,
tomorrow night, for the benefit of the
Red Cross, promises to be very credi-
liable affair. The talent is from the
311th Infantry, Camp Dix. Two
comedy plays and musical numbers
will be given. General admission 25
cents.
The soldiers club house, Mount
Holly, is becoming well known to the
men at Camp Dix judging by the
constantly increasing number of visi-
tors. Lunches are served, there are
lodging accommodations, and amuse-
ment is furnished. Last Wednesday
the Army Wives League had charge
of the programme, and the visiting
soldiers were entertained very pleas
antly.
The weekly meeting of the Army
Wives League will be held this after
noon at the residence of Mrs. A. l..
Sailer. where Mrs. Roberts will be the
hostess. At the meeting last Tuesday
it was reported that the work of listing
rooms in town that may be rented to
soldiers families was progressing and
soon will be completed. An inform
alton bureau relative to rooms is to be
opened at the soldiers club house, cor
ner of Washington and White streets.
At Vincentown, Saturday, Fred Les
lie Krayer, Of Mount Holly, was mar
ried to Miss E. Pauline, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis S. Brown. The
wedding was attended by the imme-
diate families of the bride and groom.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
J. Benjamin Myers, rector of the Epis-
copal church at Vincentown. Mr.. and
Mrs. Krayer have gone to Baltimore,
Nd, where the groom is engaged
experimenting work for the United
Gas Improvement Company.
The American Red Cross would be
pleased to receive the applications of
one or more representative citizens of
this portion of New Jersey for service
abroad. The requirements are for men
distinguished for their personal integ-
rity and loyalty to our country and its
cause. A knowledge of French or
Italian is desirable but not necessary.
Volunteers, or men financially able to
serve without salary and to pay their
own personal expenses of course are
preferred. Burlington County Chap
ter will be pleased to forward the
names of applicants to headquarters
Please communicate with Mrs. H. b.
Weaver, Burlington.
At the meeting of the Parent-Teach-
! ers' Association, Thursday, there was
presented q painting, the work of Mrs.
Bessie Peass. Guttmann, of Orange.
This picture is one Of the very hand
some original productions of Mrs. Quit
, mann, who has attained quite repu
tation as painter, her models being
principally children. The picture given
the association is the representation o.
chubby child fast asleep. This paint
ing will be framed and will be given tC
the room in the primary department
of the Mount Holly school which vii
: show the largest number of parents at
tending the next or some future meet
: ing OF the Parent-Teachsrs' Associa
D ton.
, There were very interesting exercise
in the gymnasium of st. Andrew
church. last evening, when the Bo
= Scouts were awarded their certificate
y of merit and their scout badges. Whe
II tho hous we,e lined nm William