The Mount Holly news., 1918-08-06
Abram R. Gerber is driving a new
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Lie engagement OF MISS Cnarlot
Melcher to Ensign Stephen Whitb
7 U. s. N, has been announced.
Jacksonville w. c. T, U. will hold
reunion this evening. Rev. T. /
Hammond, of Mount Holly, will NAL
an address.
Application blanks for appointmel
to vacancies on district electio
boards can be obtained from any men
Der of the county board of election
by sending addressed stamped er
velope.
The marriage of Clarence II. Anne
of Buffalo. N. Y, now of Camp Di,
and Miss Clara Strasser, also of Blu
falo, occurred at the Methodist parsor
age on Sunday morning The cere
mony was performed by Rev. T..
Hammond.
Mrs. Ernest Reamer, of Churcl
street, and two children, Howard an,
Glendora, are at the Burlington Coun
ty Hospital. The daughter has ty
phoid fever. All the symptoms of tina
disease are present in the cases of til,
mother and son, but the tests hav,
been negative.
The Ladies' Aid of the Smithvill'
M. E. church having made such sue
cess of their ice cream festival, a weel
or two ago, the Young Ladies Aid Of
the same church have decided to SEE
what they can do, SO they will hold q
festival in the grove at the church to-
morrow evening. when they hope to &C
ahead of the first occasion.
Charles 7. Lewis, formerly of Mount
Holly, has gone to Washington as
secretary to c. Willing Hare who has
been appointed chairman of an ad-
visory committee of civilian experts to
cooperate with the War Department
In speeding up the war. The work OF
the committee is to systematize meth
ods and expedite action in the war
program.
Recorder Herbert. chief of police s.
Earl Assay. and Carlton Dalton attend
ed the Federal Court at Newark, yes-
terday, as witnesses in the case of
Thomas Sweet, of Magnolia, who was
arrested in Mount Holly on June 20
for buying whiskey for a soldier.
Sweet pleaded guilty, and Judge Davis
sentenced him to three months in the
Mount Holly Jail.
The soldiers club. corner Of Wash
ington and White streets, again was a
busy place on Saturday and Sunday.
The number of meals served to soldiers
on those days was 344. and 40 men
were furnished sleeping accommoda-
tions there on Saturday night. In ad-
dition to this number Of soldiers and
soldiers wives were secured sleeping
quarters in families around town.
Joseph Raunsbacher, wife and child
were crossing the river from the
Pennsylvania shore to Roebling, Sum
day evening, and when half way over
the boat upset and the three were
thrown into the water. All of them
were drowned. The body of the
father was recovered late in the even
ing, and that of the child late yester-
day afternoon. The mothers body has
not been found.
The annual picnic of Burlington
County Pomona Grange will be held
at Rancocas Park next Tuesday. This
year the usual exhibits of machinery
and farm products will be omitted and
the picnic will bea one day affair. All
the other features will be retained and
the event will draw one of the largest
crowds Of the season to the park.
There will be base ball morning and
afternoon.
Composed of three husky looking
men, apparently the remnants of an
Did time German band, . street or
chestra invaded Riverside last week,
many nickels and pennies
from children attracted by it's music,
but beat hasty retreat after an en-
counter with an irate housewife at
whose door one of the trio solicited
aims. The woman, standing under a
service flag with two stars, surveyed
the trio with glare in her eyes and
said: "'You're fine looking bunch,
fiddling and harping when the country
needs ammunition and ships and then
asking the mother of soldiers to give
you nickel to fill your lazy mouths!
Be gone, or I'll call police man who'll
make you work or fight"
Charles Barker, formerly OF Camden.
is being sought as a thief by County
Detectives Parker and Dodd. 1t is
he robbed the home of Mrs.
Joseph Holton, at Riverside, in a
clever manner while mem
bers of the family were absent. See-
ing ladder, hammer and nails at the
rear of the house, Barker, it is said,
got the ontfit and placed it at second
story window and began making re-
pairs. He whistled all the time, as
though wanting to attract attention.
Mrs. William Edinger. a neighbor, saw
Inn at work, but gave him no atten-
ton. After he had finished some out
side mailing, he raised the window, sat
on the sill and did some inside nailingl
There is missing s15 in gold, old coins,
a gold-filled watch, gold charm and
gold watch-fob. Barker is now on
parole from the New Jersey Reforma-
tory at Railway and is said to be want
ed in Camden.
Coroner Gaskill was called on Sun.
day morning to view the remains of a
man who was struck by the last trolley
car of the Burlington County Transit
Company from Camden, short dis
tance below the power house. He was
a stranger, but is supposed to have
been working on farm near here. He
left Mount Holly on the last trolley
but had to get off at the power
power house, as that was as far as that
car ran. When struck he was lying
between the tracks. The toes of his
left foot were cut off, both arms were
broken, his skull was fractured and
there were other bruises on the body
The Burlington County Hospital am
bulance was rushed to the scene of the
accident, but the man was dead before
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