The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-15
William Taylor, of the Burlington
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at her home on Mount Holly avenue.
Miss Carrie Powell. of Broad street
fell on the ice yesterday while skating
and broke one of her wrists.
The stork left a daughter at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Richard.
son, on Church street, on Saturday.
The lecture of DR.. Raiguel, which
was to have been delivered in the
gymnasium of ST. Andrews church,
J this evening, will be given in the court
house.
]. L. P. Eckman. agent at the rail-
road station, at Mount Holly, is ill at
his home with severe cold which
threatened to develop into pneumonia.
That was fortunately averted.
Mrs. Harry o. Willitts, of Atlantic
City, daughter of Mrs. Margaret Colby,
OF Mount Holly, died on December Is.
Mrs. Willitts was sister of Mrs. C. C.
Cowperthwait and Mrs. w. w. Allin
son.
Rev. Marshall Owens, DID,, field
secretary of the New Jersey conference
claims for the endowment fund, occu-
pied the pulpit of the Methodist
church on Sunday. He was pastor of
the church about IS years ago.
the Union National Bank has de-
cided to discontinue the meeting of the
directors on Mondays and to hold it on
Thursday afternoons at two o'clock,
the directors of the Mount Holly Trust
Company meeting at two-thirty the
same afternoon.
Miss Maud E. Robertson, formerly
of Mount Holly, and Jacob M. Deuts-
cher, of Philadelphia, one of the own
ers OF the Philadelphia Florists Ex-
change, took place in Philadelphia on
January l. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. Asa J. Ferry.
The new club house connected with
st. Georges church, near Pointville,
was to have been open tomorrow with
fine programme, but the quarantin-
ing of Camp Dix on account of the
measles, has interfered and the cere-
monies have been postponed until
things resume their normal condition.
The water pipes leading from the
street mains to number of houses in
town were frozen during the recent
zero weather, which, together with the
interior pipes, tanks, etc., that were
frozen, have kept the plumbers very
busy. A number OF houses still are
without water. In digging for the out |
side pipes it was found that the frozen |
ground extends down AZ inches.
Newly-elected officers of Bright Star |
Lodge No. 15, Shepherds of Bethle-
hem, are as follows: Commander, Eliza
Palmer; vice commander, Cordelia |
Claypoole; chaplain, Mrs. A. F. Gibbs;
marshal, Mary Tomlinson; treasurer,
Ida V. Eddleman; accountant, Sue s.
Austin; outside guard, Sarah Lodge;
inside guard, Marietta Clevengsr; mis-
tress of ceremonies, Ella Staulcup;
scribe, Anna M. Rossell; trustee, Alver-
eta Reeves.
With the weather as it has been the
last few weeks one would not think
there was any need to interfere with
serving of ice, but the government has
requested ice manufacturers to secure
as much natural ice as possible. The
Hollyford Company has been selling
ice that it had stored but has not been
making any new supply for over
month. The ice houses along the
creek are in bad condition but efforts
are being made to put them in shape
SO that natural ice may be cut and
stored.
Camp SO, P. o. of A., has elected
the following officers: President, Jenni
assistant president, Ella Car
penter; vice president, Fife Jones; as
sistant vice president, Lillian Taylor;
conductor, Rosella Frazier; assistant
Mary Evans; guard, Hilda
Rossell; sentinel, Ethel Watson; orator,
May Edmunds; chaplain, Louisa
Frazier; assistant recording secretary,
Nancy Grooms; past president, Nancy
Grooms; assistant past president, Sadi
Haag; trustees, Jacob Haag, Hilda
Rossell, May Edmunds.
The State Department of Conserva-
ton and Development has issued an
appeal to the commemorative agricul-
tural interests to support measure to
be introduced by Assemblyman Harry
I. Hagaman, Of Ocean county. pro-
yiding persons may kill deer at any
time if they are damaging crops. The
department says the measure will not
be opposed by the Fish aud Game
Commission, though it is anticipated
it may be by other sources. To insure
passage of the measure the Depart
ment of Conservation urges oranges
and agricultural associations to take
prompt and emphatic action to sup
port it.
A large congregation was in attend
ance at the celebration of the Lords
supper in the Presbyterian church last
Sunday. Three new members were re-
ceived. On account of the scarcity of
coal the service was held in the chapel
and no evening service was held. The
week Of prayer was observed last week
and the meetings were held in the
homes Of some of the members. This
week group prayer meetings will be
held on Wednesday evening in four
homes. The Pine street group will
meet in the home of Mrs. M. J. Reeves,
the Garden street group at Mrs. Rich
ard p. Holeman's; the Broad street /
group with Robert A. Semple, Jr; the
Washington street group with Mrs.
Edgar A. Alcott. Go to the meeting
nearest your home. Regular services
will be held in the church next Sun
day.
The Burlington Excise Commission
met Wednesday evening and granted
licenses, at the same time refusing to
renew some. 1t had been rumored that
the axe was to fall but it struck where
it was not expected to. The hotels |
that were put out of business are: David
and Mark Atkinson, High street, near
Broad; Richard Shinn, in the auditor
ium building; and William Coombs,