The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-09-17
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER II, 1918
LOCAL NEWS.

the post Office.
William A. Sine has bought and il
conducting the Howard M. Eldridge
restaurant on Mill street.
Rev. George L. Dobbins, of Ocean
City, will preach at the Mount Holly
Methodist church on Sunday morning.
William g. Lippincott has sold the
Jacob Merritt farm near Aruey's
Mount, to Benaiah w. Paul. the tenant.
for $4,000.
Mrs. Marie L. Ellis and Mrs. Florence
C. Woodruff, of the teaching staff of
the public school, are occupying apart
ments at DIR. Charles Harker's.
Miss Edna Parker, of the Wetherill
store, is recovering from an operation
for appendicitis performed at the Bur-
lington County Hospital recently.
Harriet Miller, OF Wrightstown, was
arrested in Mount Holly on Tuesday
night for operating iitney without
license. Recorder Herbert imposed
fine OF S..
Commencing next week the Red
Cross sewing classes will meet on Tues
day and Wednesday afternoons in the
room in the Gaskill building at High
and Murrell streets.
At the recent meeting of the New
Jersey Postmasters' Association, held
at Atlantic City, &C. C. Cowperthwait,
Of Mount Holly, was reelected treas
urer, position he has held for num-
Der of years.
The wholesale price of INFESTED milk
for September, as fixed by the Inter-
state Milk Producers Association, is
eight cents quart from the first to the
fifteenth, and niue cents a quart for
the rest Of the month.
Members OF Company E Auxiliary
have an important meeting at Union
fire house, next Tuesday evening, Sep
tember "a, at 7.30 o'clock, when plans
for Christmas boxes for the Mount
Holly soldiers will be considered.
Anticipating the usual rush for auto.
mobile licenses for the new year. Com
missioner Dill has announced that
New Jersey car owners and drivers will
be able to get their 1919 registration
certificates beginning December 2.
Samuel K. Robbins. of Moorestown,
and John L. Kuser, of Georgetown,
were among the representatives from
New Jersey at the convention OF the
International Association OF Fish and |
Game Commissioners, held in New
York, on Thursday and Friday.
Preliminary steps for the formation
of high school foot ball team were
taken at well-attended meeting of
the boys OF the school with the super
vising principal on Thursday evening.
An effort will be made to secure per-
mission to play at the fair ground.
Walter 1. Dill was elected secretary
aud treasurer Of the Burlington Coun-
ty Transit Company on Tuesday. He
succeeds Armitt HI. Coate, of Moores-
town. who resigned after entering gov
eminent service. Mr.. Coate has been
commissioned lieutenant in the or
nance department and assigned to
duty at Washington.
Bradford W. Storey died at his home
on Cherry street on Tuesday. He had
been confined to his bed for several
years. following stroke of paralysis.
Mr.. Storey was at one time superin-
tendent of the Smithville works, and
represented Eastampton township on
the board of freeholders. He was a
member of Mount Holly Lodge of
Masons, and Masonic services were
conducted at the funeral on Friday.
Victor Ritzendollar, of Chatsworth,
well known throughout Burlington and
adjoining counties, died at his home
on Thursday after long illness with
cirrhosis Of the liver. He was about
seventy-three years of age. Mr.. Rit-
zendollar was born in Alsace- Lorraine,
and came to America at the age of ten.
He was q large owner of land in the
pine section of the county and was ex
tensively interested in cranberry cul-
ture.
Collins and Corbin of Jersey City,
as attorneys for the Anti saloon league
and also for Toms River people in
terested in the recent local option
election. in which Dover township
voted dry. have obtained from Justice
Kalisch writ of certiorari to review
In the Supreme Court his decision set
ting aside that election. Similar &C.
ton has been taken in most OF the
cases where dry victory was set
aside by Supreme Court Justice.
There will be special meeting of
the Board OF Freeholders, at the court
house. tomorrow, to take action on
bids received for the erection of con-
crete arch bridge over Pensauken creek
on the Moorestown and Camden road.
At this meeting it will be decided
whether contract should be awarded
for the work, and if one is awarded to
authorize the issuance of bonds to pay
for the work. Other matters that may
legally come before the meeting will
also be considered.
William r. Trowbridge, thirty-nine
years old, an assistant supervisor on
the New York division OF the Penn
sylyania Railroad, died at his home in
Bordentown on Friday, from pneu-
monia. Mr.. Trowbridge' was at one
time stationed in Mount Holly, and |
was transferred to Bordentown about |
year ago. He had many friends in
Mount Holly. and the news OF his
death was quite shock. The funeral
took place yesterday, interment being
made in Mount Holly cemetery. Mr.. |
Trowbridge Is survived by widow and |
two little daughters.3
There will be an excellent concert
and vaudeville entertainment at the
Mount Holly theatre tonight for the
benefit Of the Ankokas Soldiers Club. |
Toe 135th Infantry band, from Camp
Dix, which recently appeared at the
Sunday Liberty Sing in Mount Holly,
will supply the talent. This is an ex-
cellent concert band, one of the best in
the army, aud has produced its concert
and vaudeville number of times " it'll
great success in different parts OF the
country. The affair will be good one;
the canse for which it is given is GER