The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-15

Duuu ". hfayert VINO mas Deer
under instructions for wireless tele
graphy, stationed at Boston, has been
transferred to League Island, where be
is awaiting orders.
The formal opening of the soldiers
club house at Pemberton, which was
scheduled to take place last Saturday,
has been postponed on account of the
quarantine for measles at Camp Dix.
The high wind Friday night blew
down several telephone poles and lift
ed the roof of a barn on Garden
street over the tops of two or three
houses, finally landing in a field
Window shutters were wrenched from
their hinges and panes of glass were
broken by the force of the wind.
Mr.. and Mrs. Booth, who were liv-
ing in the house on Brainard street
where range recently exploded, have
taken rooms with Mrs. Hinchman, on
Washington street. James Anderson
has removed from the house on Brain
ard street, belonging to Walter T.
Stewart, to the house vacated by the
Booths. Captain Jensen, of Camp
Dix, will occupy the house that Mr..
Anderson has moved from.
1t is not often that Mrs. E. w.
Esham is taken by surprise but she
was caught mapping Friday evening,
the occasion being the anniversary of
her birth. Her husband and daughter
were apparently making preparations
for little party of their own but when
the crowd arrived it turned out that
the two had simply been working to
keep Mrs. Esham in the house. A
large number of friends were present to
congratulate the lady.
The severe wind storm early on Sat-
urday morning did considerable dam
age at Burlington. East Union street
suffered most, six houses being I'M
rooted and otherwise damaged. On
Ashton street two houses were also I'M
rooted and the cupola was blown from
the Burlington auditorium. Two large
cedar trees on the farm of Thomas
Birkett were felled. knocking down
live wire of the Public Service Corpor-
otion. Several persons narrowly es-
capped elsctrocution.
Deputy grand chancellor George w.
A. French installed the following Off
GERS of New Jersey Lodge No. 1,
Knights Of Pythias, last Friday eve
ming: c. c., Harry c. Whiting; V. c.,
Howard A. Smith; prelate, John w.
Wenger; M. of work, William G.
Clark; K. of r. and S., Samuel C.
Stanton; Nj. of F., George w. A.
French; M. of Exc, Edmund Y. Gun
sche; M. at AIMS, Theodore H. Van
Solver; I. g., Herman Krupnick; o.
g., w. j. Clark; trustee, H. Krupnick;
Rep. to grand lodge, Samuel C. Stan
ton; alternate representative, Charles
P. Chafey.
Governor Edge has designated a |
government appeal agent for each of |
the local boards in the state. The
agent, as provided in the selectivs SER
vice regulations, will be charged with |
the duty of correcting mistakes or
injustices resulting from |
the operation Of the selective service
law. Acting upon their own initiative
Or otherwise the agents will have au-
thority to cause the reopening of cases /
Of registrants when it appears that
either the spirit or letter of the regula-
lions has been violated. Among the
agents selected by the Governor are the
from this county: John w.
Davis, Burlington; DR.. George T.
Tracy, Beverly; Joseph C. Kingdom,
Mount Holly.
Sugar and coal, the former selling
or 81 cents a pound, the latter at
30 so ton, are the articles that are
most eagerly sought after just now,
and the hardest to procure. At a re.
cent sale of sugar line of customers
stood in the street 100 feet deep from
he store door. One woman is reported |
% have said she nearly had her cloth
ng torn from her body, but she got
enough sugar to make the total in her
home reach 76 pounds. The scarcity
If coal has become very serious mat
'er, as the yards in Mount Holly are
nearly empty, without any relief in
light. 1t is reported that there are
several cellars in town with SO much
,oal in them that it is hard work to
ret to the heaters. This condition
would seem to justify an investigation
~ the coal CONSERVATION.
Cards had been issued for the we'd
ling of Assistant Surgeon Warren
Abbe Van Derveer, of the United
States Navy, and Miss Anna French
Harris, the ceremony to take place in
he Presbyterian church on Wednes-
lay OF next week. But DR.. Van Der
5eer received notice on Saturday that
he would be transferred to Norfolk and
was to report at once. This upset plans
and it was decided to have a
at once. The ceremony was
performed Sunday afternoon by Rev.
L. Nj. Bicknell, at the home of the
brides mother, on Brainard street,
with only the immediate families
present. Mrs. Van Derveer is teach
er in the public schools and had re-
signed but her resignation does not
take effect until next Monday, after
which date she will join her husband
at Norfolk.
Harris Girl Sent to State Home
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