The Mount Holly news., 1918-03-19
LOCAL NEWS.

Armour Union will meet tonight a
the home of Mrs Leon Buzby, on But
tonwood street.
Mr.. and Mrs. william Rossell, VIII
have been living at Pittsburgh. hav
returned to Mount Holly.
Mrs. Ella Throckmorton has entered
the employ Of the Victor Talking Ma
chine Company, at Camden.
Charles Gauntt, Of Burlington, ha
bought and occupied the John g. K
Rodgers property at Hainesport.
Lewis H. Chambers and Miss Helen
Mick, both of Mount Holly, were mar
ried at Elkton. Md, on Friday.
sergt. George H. Atkins, of Mount
Holly, who is stationed at Camp Dix
has been appointed automatic rifle in
structor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Caudle, O
Ewanville. are being congratulated
upon the birth of 7-pound girl or
Thursday.
Earl LoveIand, son of Amos Love
land. is confined to his home on Mount
Holly avenue with light case of diph
liberia.
The Burlington County Firemen's
Association will meet at the Hope
company's house in Burlington, to-
morrow night.
The annual field trials Of the Eng
lish Setter Club of America, will be
held on the clubs farm near Medford,
beginning April q,
DIR. E. J. Haines, OF Medford, has
purchased the farm of Harry s.
Brown, near Tabernacle. The place
contains about 60 acres.
One of the chimneys on house own
ed by William Flowers, on Cherry
street. was blown over during the
( heavy wind storm one day last week.
The senior class of the Mount Holly
high school will present pIaylet.
"Tommy's Wife, in the high school
auditorium, on Friday evening, April
9Th.
The Branson property on Bispham
street has been purchased by Albert F..
Bowker, who has sold his farm at
Tabernacle, and will remove to Mount
Holly.
Gerald Austin, chief soda water dis
penser at Aliens pharmacy, will re-
sign his position there the end of this
month to accept position as a driver
OF o motor truck.
The Ushers' Union of the Methodist
church has arranged to give the pastor,
Rev. T. 8. Hammond, an informal re-
ceptiou in the parsonage on Thursday
evening. from until 10 o'clock.
Announcement has been made Of
the marriage of Charles b. Heller, Of
Mount Holly, now with the 311th in
fantry at Camp Dix, and Miss Gather
inc A. Hanley, of Perth Amboy. The
csrmony was performed in the brides
home city on Sunday, March 10.
Cards have been issued for the we'd
ding of Miss Verpa L., daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry l.. Knight, to Jo-
seph Rogers Brick. All are residents
Of .Medford, and the ceremony will
take place in the Friends meeting
house in that town, on the 28th Of this
month.
Mount Holly Lodge of Moose has
elected the following officers: Past
dictator, John C. Garrett; dictator,
Herman Krupnick; vice dictator, Will
lett ID. Shinn; prelate, Otto Fl. Per-
kins: secretary, Walter H.. Mason;
treasurer, Francis H. Reed trustee,
Eugene B. Bates.
Among new state food administra-
tors named recently was William s.
Tyler. of Plainfield, member of the
state Board of Agriculture, who sue
ceeds former Governor James F. Field
or as administrator ior New Jersey.
Mr.. Fielder resigned on account Of
pressure of other business.
The ladies of the Baptist church will
give fish supper in the lecture room
OF the church on Thursday, March 81,
at $50 o'clock. The menu will consist
of planked shad, shad roe, dsviled
crabs, oysters and sturgeon. They will
also serve SOC midday lunch from II
q tnlo he
America chemical engine responded
to an alarm of fire on Friday morning.
The occupants of house on Chestnut
street had built fire in stove on the
first floor and the sparks had come out
through an open stovepipe hole in the
room above, setting fire to bed. The
blazing mattress was thrown out a
window.
Clark Griffith. the well known mana
ger of professional base ball, has inau-
gsrated movement among the bar
bers OF the United States to obtain
subscriptions to base ball fund. The
idea is to furnish the boys lover here, y
and those somewhere in France, v
with base balls, bats, gloves. masks, in
fact everything needed to play the
game. All the Mount Holly BARRIERS
have subscription cards for the fund
The three story frame store ant
dwelling house occupied by John t
Evans, at Hartford, was destroyed by
fire of unknown origin on Tuesday
night. Relief Fire Company. o
Moorestown, sent its engine to tn
burning house, but arrived too late t.
be of much assistance. Mr.. Evan
conducted general store and poe
room in the building, and occupie,
the top floors as residence.
Officers were elected by the Buildin
and Loan Association of Mount Holly
last week, as follows: President, Waite
1. Dill; vice president. George d. Wo
rell; treasurer, Edward B. Jones; d
rectors, Maurice Rowan, Edmund s
Eddy, Francis H. Reed. Harry "
Phares, Oliver g. Billings, Frank 7
Morton, ). L. Z. Eckman; auditor
Nelson d. w. Pumyea, John w. Di
brow, Elwood H. Stokes. Richard
Eckman was reelected secretary.
Lieut.. Harold F. Mickey, M. d
connected with the base hospital
Camp Dix, died at that institution, {
Saturday, from pneumonia and wea
heart. He had been laid up vii
rheumatism for about two weeks, ar
had recovered sufficiently to report
duty again on Monday Of last wee
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