The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-05-07
John S. Ritter, Of Hainesport, is .Ick

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was week end visitor to Mount Holly
Court crier Harry Hawkins, ST., VIII,
has been confined to his home by i'll
ness for month, is now able to go out
| Letters for Mrs. Margaret Winder
bridge, Mrs. Elva Aaronson and Mis-
Cath Wells remain unclaimed in tn,
post Office.
After an absence of three years
Baker Sharp, who has been in Chicago
came to Mount Holly last week, for
short visit.
There will be canning demonstra
ton in the domestic science room o.
the high school at 2.3O o'clock THU
afternoon.
John N. Austin. fireman on the
Pennsylvania railroad, is acting as
substitute letter carrier at the Mount
Holly post Office.
DR.. r. c. Darlington and family and
Miss Anna F. Thomas have gone to
the doctors cottage at Barnegat City
for two weeks vacation.
DIR. Thompson, who ia interested in
looking after work among the Japan
ese at San Francisco, occupied the pull
pit of the M. E. church, Sunday even
ing. Bugler Velie, from Camp Dix,
sang solos.
Vincentown has formed Red Cross
branch with 26 members. Its officers
are: Chairman, Mrs. Ella M. Haines;
vice chairman, J. w. Jones: secretary,
Miss Elva Hughes; treasurer. Howard
s. Stackhouse.
The Mems Club of st. Andrews
church will meet at the residence of
John r. Howell this evening. The
subject to be discussed will be one Of
interest and Importance, touching
upon conditions in the army camps.
The Parent Teachers Association
will meet in the high school auditor
ium, Thursday afternoon at 80. A
good attendance is requested, as mat
tiers Of importance will be presented
and an election of officers will take
place.
Delegates from the Presbyterian
church to the annual meeting Of the
Home Missionary Society of the Pres
bytery of Monmouth. held at Shrsws-
bury, on Thursday. were Mrs. Robert
A. Semple. Jr.. Miss Mary w. Budd,
and Miss Anna r. Deacon.
Viola Duff. who was arrested on
charge Of keeping disorderly house,
was given hearing Wednesday even
ing, and it was decided that she should
be held to have her case considered by
the grand jury. Not being able to fur
nish 81 900 bail, Viola was sent to jail.
The annual convention and dinner
Of the Burlington County Y. M. C. A. |
will be held in the social hall of the |
Baptist Church, Burlington, next Mon |
day evening. Joseph T. Alling, OF |
Buffalo, N. Y, secretary Of the Army |
Y. M. C. A. at Camp Dix, will be the |
principal speaker.
The experts from Rutgers college,
who have been making scientific tests |
Of the Mount Holly schools, in accord |
ancs with the request for state survey
made some time ago by the local
board of education, completed their
work on Thursday. AS soon as the re-
suit of their investigation has been
tabulated, the report will be presented.
Several promotions have taken place
n army circles the last week. Corpor-
AIS have been made battalion majors,
rs follows: Joseph E. Harris. Burling-
ton; Harry G. Sever, Beverly; Horace
A. Wills, Vincentown. The following
privates have been made corporals:
Richard P. Roe, David E. Wooding-
ton, Burlington; Frank Mathis, Tuck
erton.
United States Commissioner Haines
had several cases brought before him
last week. Maxwell Magee was COM
mitted to the Mercer county Jail to
await the action of the federal grand
jury for selling two quarts OF liquor to
q soldier at Beverly, which he admit
ted. Frank VanSchuyer and Isaac
Champion, Of Burlington. and John
Donahue, Of Florence, were held under
$500 bail for the federal grand jury on
q charge of supplying liquor to soldiers.
denies the charge. but
the others acknowledge their guilt.
Life guard Thomas L. Quigley has
moved the public bath house at the
mill dam from the water company's |
to position on the land
leased by him for pleasure park. Mr..
Quigley has had the lot cleared and |
will have an oyster shell road laid from |
Wall street to the park, where he pro-
poses to have merry-go round, dane
ing, and other amusements this sum-
mer. This he will manage in connec
ton with the hiring of canoes, for
which purpose he has rented the build
ing formerly occupied by the Ankokas
Canoe Club.
Miss Louise KRONER Antrim, daugh
ter of Mrs. Elwood Antrim, Of
Merchantville, and Victor d. Renwick,
Jr., were married Wednesday at the
home of the bride, the Rev. John
KRONER, a cousin of the bride, officiat-
ing. Miss Antrim was attended by
Mrs. Hulings Antrim as maid of honor
and Dean Renwick, brother OF the
bridegroom, was the best man. The
bride was given away by her brother,
Hulings Antrim. The ceremony took
place In bower of flowers. The bride
is granddaughter of the late Hulings
Psnnock, forsasr landlord of the
Arcade Hotel.
Doris, the infant daughter Of Mr.and
Mrs. Condit 8. Horner, had a narrow
escape from injury on Thursday. The
baby was being wheeled up the alley
extending from Union to Broad street,
in her coach, when an automobile
driven by Franklin s. Zelley suddenly
turned into the alley. The machine
was almost on the coach before it was
noticed. Fortunately Mr.. Zelley was
driving very slowly, and he swerved
his Car into q telephone pole. The
machine, however, struck the baby
coach a glancing blow, pushing it
against a fence, and breaking the front
wheels and smashing the wicker fore
part. The baby was not hurt. Mr..
Zelley's car sustained some damage by
its contact with the telephone pole