The Mount Holly news., 1918-03-12
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY. MARCH II, 1918
LOCAL NEWS.

LOAAL NEWS.
Miss Eva Castle, of Bordentown, ID
now resident of Mount Holly.
Theodore Sieger has leased his farm
near Mount Holly to Norman Raison
Mrs. Edward II. Lewis has returned
from an extended stay at Daytona
Florida.
Letters for Mrs. E. Harlos and Miss
Flora Parker remain unclaimed in the
post Office.
Reginald Bogue, of the Union bank
staff, has been off duty because of an
attack OF measles.
c. Craig Tallman and J. Aquila
Jones have added auto trucks to their
farm equipment.
The annual election Of officers OF
Mount Holly Lodge OF Moose will take
place this evening.
Albert c. WorTell, Of Mount Holly,
who is at Camp Mcclellan. Ala, has
been promoted from corporal to SER
gsant of ordnance. He is in the 1O4th
ammunition train.
The pulpit of the M. E. church was
fllled on Sunday morning by chaplain
]. Norman King, Of Camp Dix, and in
the evening by Willard Voorhees,,
Y. M. C. A. secretary at Camp Dix.
A petition asking for a special elec-
tion under the local option law has
been fled in Southampton township.
The township committee will hold a
public hearing on the matter Fri
day evening. at Vincsntown.
Because OF the number OF sessions
lost this winter on account of cold
rooms, bursted pipes. ETC.. the Easter
vacation Of the public school has been
shortened. The schools will close on
Thursday, March 28. and reopen Tues
day. April 2.
Howard Haines, Of Lumberton, has
bsen losing small pigs for some time
and could not discover the thief. Last
week bald-headed eagle was seen to
be lowering over one of the pigs and
finally alighted near it. The bird was
frightened away, but Mr.. Hainss feels
confident he has seen the robber.
Letters received from John F. Lavery,
. former smploye of the Mount Holly
post Office, now with the American
forces In France, stste that when he
was assigned to quarters he found his
roommate to be Oscar l.. Surtees, son
of Rey. Joseph L. surtees, pastor of
the Mount Holly Methodist church
few years ago.
Mrs. Ella N. Fenstermacher returned |
to her home in Allentown, Pa, Thurs
day. Her visit to this section was to
dispose Of her property in Hainesport
"a twin house on the road to Lumber
ton. She sold this to Thomas Whit
more. who is employed in Mount
Holly, but who has been committing
from Philadelphia. He will now move
to this property.
At q meeting of the board of educa-
ton, last week, bids for laying the
high school gymnasium floor were re-
ceived. The original plan was to have
the floor supported by piers, and the
bids presented were on that basis. This
plan was changed, however, and it
was decided to place a double floor ON
ioists laid in solid concrete. New bids
will be asked for.
In tearing down the old roundhouse
on Washington street a brick was
found bearing three footprints of a
cat. As bricks had to be made and
allowed to rest awhile before going into
the kiln it is sure that pussy walked
over the brick while it was still soft.
The brick has been in the building for
at least fifty years, but even with the {
nine lives given to cat, pussy is
probably dead.
Tomorrow will end the thirty eighth
year of service by George P. Ingling
WAsh sAAS Snhsy Nv mia lshlilOau SOA
pany. He went from a farm to work
In q section gang, and the first labors
he performed were on the crossing at
Madison avenue. While he has been
promoted to more responsible posi-
tion, he In still in the vicinity of his
flrst employment, being general man
around the station
The War Department has made pro- I,
vision whereby men of draft age who
wish to enlist in the army may be vol
inducted into service by their
local boards. The method is for the
man to present himself to his local
board for physical examination, stat
ing ut that time the branch of the ser
vice he desires to enter. This is the
only way at she present time that a
man who has been registered in the
draft age can volunteer.
Mount Holly Lodge of Elks has
elected the following officers and repre-
Exalted ruler, E. Lewis
Schuyler; esteemed leading knight,
Francis o. Durand; esteemed loyal
knight, Franklin B. King; esteemed
lscturing knight, J. Harold Eckman;
secretary. Harry L. Walters; treasurer,
Charles C. Cowperthwait; trustee, Ed
ward B. Jones; tyler, Samuel Fryer;
representative to grand lodge, Alfred
J. Mullen; alternate, Elwood H Stokes;
representatives to state association,
DR.. Raymond s. Clarke, c. C. Cow
psrthwait, William s. Rendell.
Desiring to improve the conditions
of the school buildings in Springfield |
township the Board OF Education call |
Cd meeting and submitted PROPOSE
tions to be presented to the voters. For
repairs to the Jacksonville school, |
$1,000; remodeling Jobstown school, |
5000; two new rooms to the julius
town school, $1,000. The meeting was
held and out of 300 voters in the town.
ship % appeared, and the vote was
against all the propositions. The mat
ter will not be allowed to rest, however,
and another meeting will be called
soon when the same amounts and
suggestions will be offered.
One hundred and forty men have
been sent to camp from the first dis
trict of Burlington county. Sixty
nine men have enlisted in the army,
most of these in Company E. Fifteen
have enlisted in the navy, two in the
marines and one in the coast guard
service, making two hundred and