The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-05-07
TIE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY, MAY Z, 1918
LOCAL NEWS.

The Northampton fire police will
meet at America fire house tonight.
After spending the winter at Orange
Mrs. Rachel Deacon has re-opened he
residence on Broad street.
Mrs. Joseph H. Gaskill, Of Moores.
town, is at Philadelphia hospital, re
covering from an operation for appsn
dicitis.
Lieut.. Jerome G.. Harris, of Camp
Greene. N. c., spent several days last
week in Mount Holly while enjoying q
brief furlough.
Corporals A. Thomas Atkinson and
Hume Bryant, Of Camp Mcclellan,
are enjoying furloughs at their homes
in Mount Holly.
Postmaster Hatcher and wife, OF
smithville, entertained the Ladies'
Aid OF the M. E. church, of that place,
Thursday evening.
The entertainment given in the
Mount Holly theatre two weeks ago
for the benefit Of the local Red Cross.
melted that organization $17O.
The house on Paxson street pur-
chased from the William B. Wills es-
tate by John Worth, has been sold to
Cornelius McKenna, who will occupy
1t.
The newly erected fire house at Flor
ence will be opened on Wednesday of
next week for the first time, when the
monthly meeting of the County Fire.
mems Association will be held there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Sutter. Jr,, en-
tsrtained q number Of friends at
dance at their home on Broad street,
Tuesday evening. in celebration OF the
9th anniversary of their marriage.
E. p. Danssr, of Moorestown, is the
new agent at the baggage room at the
railroad station in Mount Holly, tax
ing the place Of John Chappell, who
has gone into military training.
The business Office of the Bell Tele
phone Company in Mount Holly has
been closed. and future bills will be
payable at the Mount Holly National
bank, or may be mailed to the Trenton
Office of the company.
Erie J. Smith. of 6mithville, who
enlisted in the Canadian Royal Flying
Corps in December. has passed allNhis
preliminary examinations and is now
ut the military school at Toronto, tax
ing the final course Of study.
Mrs. Fred L. Blachly and infant
SON. Of Oklahoma City, arrived at
Lumberton on Wednesday. Mrs.
Blachly came east because OF the seri- |
GUS illness Of her father, Rev. Johnson
Oatman, Jr., who is at the Burlington
County Hospital.
There was an attendance OF four |
hundred and fifty members at the |
meeting Of Pomona Grange at Column
bus last week. All the county oranges |
were reported in fiourishing condi- |
ton. with Moorestown at the top with |
. membership of 456, and Columbus
next with 407. The total grange men,
bsrship in the county is 2.17O.
The May Day entertainment given
In the high school auditorium on Wed.
nssday evening by the primary pupils
for the purpose of raising funds for the
purchase Of Victrola, was a very en-
ioyable affair. The auditorium was
crowded with spectators and the pro-
ceeds amounted to over 800. $50
children took part in the entertain
ment.
German was stricken from the cur
riculum of the Mount Holly high
school at special meeting of the
board Of education on Tuesday night
Spanish will be substituted. A resolu-
ton extending the course in French
TO cover three years also was adopted.
Miss Elizabeth A. Ditzell and Miss
Blanche E. Henderson, of the high
school faculty, have notified the board
that they will not be candidates for re-
election as teachers next term.
Miss Della Holmlund, of Jacobs
town, one OF the young ladies injured
when their automobile was struck by q
train at the Jobstown railroad crossing
recently, mentioned in THE NEWS last
week. regained consciousness at the
Burlington County Hospital on Tues
day. She is now on the road to re-
covsry. Miss Anna Woodward, of
New Egypt, who was also in the acct
dent, has recovered from her minor in
iuries. but her broken collarbone will
require treatment for some time.
The directors of the Burlington
County Fair Association have arranged |
for conference with representatives of |
the various county Oranges at the office
of the Association, on Thursday even
ing. The Association is anxious to
learn the ideas of the farmers about
the agricultural department OF the
coming fair, and issued an invitation
for similar meeting some weeks ago.
When the time arrived no grangers APP
peared, and it was thought that an
evening meeting might be better at
tended.
At o meeting of the State Highway
Commission, held at Trenton, on
Thursday. resolutions were adopted re-
aqussting the Federal Government to
aid in the construction of roads in the
vicinity of cantonments, military
camps or points Of embarkation, which
have been destroyed by the heavy
traffic from Government work. 1t was
said that other states have received
such assistance. 1t has been esti-
mated that the roads of New Jersey
have been damaged to the extent Of at
least 100000 by traffic. resulting
directly from the war. An additional
appropriation Of $40. 900 was voted for
the repair Of the Bosdsntown-G George.
town road leading to Camp Dix, but
will be used only if the Federal aid
askeu iof IL not Ioftncomlng.
Many people are either not aware
that it is q criminal offence to open
letters addressed to others than the M
selves or else they do not care for the
consequences. To hold o letter ad-
dressed to another person than the one
to receive it or to open it is q crime
that the United States will punish.
To take from lockbox and open a
letter that il not intended for the
rentor OF the box is punishable by a