The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-29
The MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY. JANUARY 30, 1918
LOCAL NEWS.

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Rev. Luther NJ. Bicknell went tC
Trenton yesterday on business trip
William Foulk, OF Vincentown, fell
on the ice on Friday and fractured his
hip.
Michael johnson is a pneumonia
patient at the Burlington County Hos
pital.
A daughter arrived in the family OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Evan, OF Brainard
street, last week.
A restaurant has been added to- the
business Of the Boston Confectionery
store on Main street.
Saturday will be ground hog day,
and the general hope is that the little
animal will not see his shadow.
Letters for Eugene Ross, Miss Bea-
trice Pail and Dorothy McKennedy re-
main unclaimed in the post office.
Mrs. Robert C. Chance, Sd, who has
been critically i'll at her home in Phil
adelphia. is reported to be improving.
A meeting Of the Armour Union will
be held this evening Tuesday, at the
home Of Mrs. H. l.. Carter, 21O Garden
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward d. Stokes and
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward B. Jones have
gone to Florida for the remainder of
the winter.
Mark L. Smith. Of Mount Holly, is
home from Camp Dix, having received
his discharge from the army because
Of rheumatism.
Fred M. Anderson and family have
rented the residence on Broad street
recently vacated by w. r. Trowbrldge,
and will occupy it shortly.
Members Of tho Jacksonville w. C.
T. U met at the home Of Miss Anna
White, the president, on Garden street,
Mount Holly, on Wednesday.
We have had meatless, wheatless,
heatless, and all other sorts of 'less"
days, but what is the matter with hav-
ing ''snowless" day for change?
Albert L. Kinsler died at his home
on Pine street, Thursday, from tuber-
culosis The funeral took place ON
Sunday. Interment was made at
Bridgeboro.
William MeKinley's birthday falls
on January 29-to day-and according
to the pleasing custom of recent years.
his favorite flower, the pink carnation,
should be worn.
Lieut.. c. Breckenridge Ten Eyck, of |
Yonkers, N. Y, eldest son OF John C.
Ten Eyck. formerly of Mount Holly,
died recently of pneumonia at Camp
: Douglas, Arizona.
Lee Renner, OF Masonville, is at the
Burlington County Hospital suffering
with three broken ribs and other in
juries sustained by fall from tree
while saving off limbs.
At the annual meeting Of the State
Alfalfa and Corn Growers Association,
held at Trenton, on Thursday, George l
I. Reid, of Mount Holly, was elected
vice president Of the organization.
Because Of the heatless Monday or
der OF the fuel administration, the
monthly meeting Of the Industry
Building and Loan Association, which
was to have been held at the office of
the secretary, George NJ. Hillman, last
evening, was postponed until tonight
There will be meeting OF represen-
tatives Of boards Of education in the
county having high schools, on Mon
day evening, February IL, in the high
school building at Burlington. The
object of the meeting is to discuss the i
rate of tuition and other problems re-
lating to high schools. Ii
Meetings of parents and taxpayers
Of Springfield township will be held to
discuss the school question of that
township. The meetings will be held
~ followsa February 1, p. M, at the
Jacksonville school; February 5, 7.3O
p. M, at the JuIiustown school; Feb
ruary Z. 1880 p. M. at the Jobstown
school.
The Presbyterian Brotherhood, a
mems club recently organized, met at
the residence OF DR.. Raymond 8.
Clarke last Tuesday night. The
speaker was Col. w. C. Johnson, OF
the regular army, who is assistant
chief Of staff at Camp Dix. He de-
livsrsd an interesting address on mill
tary affairs that was very pleasing to
the members and invited guests. Il
Because of the difficulty Of obtain.
ing accommodations in the southern
city. Mrs. Warren A. Vanderveer has
been unable to join her husband, as
sistant surgeon Vanderveer, at Nor
folk. Va, as had been planned when
the young couple advanced the date of
their wedding and were married upon
receiving word Of the bridegroom's
transfer from League Island. Mrs
Vanderveer has temporarily returned
to her former position in the Mount
Holly school.
The Fuel Administration expects
school children throughout the country
TO do the tagging work on Tag Your
Shovel-Day." which has been set for
January 80, planning to make it a
school holiday. In this extra effort to
save coal for war purposes the Fuel
Administration will try to get a tag on
every coal shovel in the country. On
the face OF each tag are the words.
"Save that shovelful Of coal day for |
Uncle Sam" On the reverse side are
hints for saving coal.
The mid-winter meeting of the New
Jersey State Historical Society ~ill be |
held in the Broad street M. E. church,
Burlington, on Tuesday afternoon,
February IL, at two o'clock. DIR. An
derson, of Morristown, will deliver an
address ON Abraham Lincoln. Mem
bers Of the county society are invited
to attend. A luncheon will be served
at one o'clock for 81. Members Of the
county society desiring to attend
should notify Miss Margaret S. Haines,
Burlington, before February 9.
Capt. w. Frank Sooy, formerly OF
Mount Holly, has been discharged
from military service on account of a.
physical defect. He was unable to pass
finally the severe test of vision i'm