The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-09-26
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the recent country circus.
Frank A. Wangler is instructor in IL
special course in agriculture, which
will be conducted again at the Woods
town High School.
When all returns are in the members
of the Thorofare Fire Company expect
the proceeds Of their recent carnival
to reach 81 100.
J. L. Heritage of Nineland has ac-
cepted an offer to teach blind soldiers
in the Red Cross Institute in Baltimore
in craftsmanship and marketing.
Miss Kathryn Reiss has resigned as
q teacher in the Clayton High School
to become private secretary to the
superintendent of schools at Belleville.
Warden Mayer has had his board
ers" busy this week repainting and
cleaning the interior of the Woodbury.
Jail
The Finance Committee of the Pit
man Welcome Home Committee has
already received nearly $1,000 in con
tributions The canvass for funds was
directed by Edward II. Gurk.
Charged by Charles Fort. sealer of
weights and measures, John III. Bailey,
Mauricetown coal dealer, was arrest
ed and gave 5000 bonds for IA further
hearing.
Although the Pitman Cottagers' As
ISOLATION officially ended its season on
Labor Day, so many families have re-
manned that another twilight song serr-
ice will he held.
Professor J. Beatty Ritter, principal
of the Colingswood High School, re-
ports 4T5 pupils, which is nearly 100
more than last year and so more than
can be accommodated in the auditori
uln.
The police are searching for two
young gun men who held up and rob
bed the managers of two Atlantic and
Pacific Company stores in Verona and
East Orange and got S415 at the point
of revolvers. The robbers had an au-
tomobie Both were about eighteen
years old.
The cornerstone of the new Union
Presbyterian Church, organized at
Caney's Point year or two ago
among the powder workers in the
model DUPONT villages. was laid with
special ceremonies. Governor RunyOn
was invited to attend as Il special
guest by the pastor, Rev O. Bell Close,
a former member of the assembly from
Essex county The new edifice will be
built of brick and will cost approx
mately $4,000.
AT an impressive service the mort
gage on the First Baptist Church. Bur-
lington, was burned in the presence of
large congregation The handsome
edifice erected in 1912 at a cost of
$4,000, is now free of debt. The pas
tor. Rev. T. NJ Eastwood, conducted
the service, and the address was made
by Rev. DIR. E. B. Pollard of Grocer
Seminary
Somebody put one over on the Mer
chantville Half Hour Reading Club,
which undertook to establish curb
market. Members of the club had ar
ranged with a number of farmers to be
in front of the town hall with produce
Then the farmers got notice that the
plan was abandoned, with the result
that when crowds of women went to
baskets there was but one farmer on
hand. Who got the list of addresses
and sent out the fake notices is not
known.
Woodbury. City Council has decided
to again publish the list of tax delin
quents.
The Ocean City commissioners have
sent request to the Ocean City Elec-
trio Railroad Company to remove its
tracks on Wesley avenue from Ninth
street to First street and thence to the
bay front, which have not been used
for number of years.
The Bridgeton Board of Education
will not accept the refusal of the Board
of Estimates to make a 100000 apprO-
priation for a new high school and will
carry II campaign TO the people. There
will be a conference with all of the
parent-teachers associations of the
city with a view of arousng public
sentiment to the necessity for a new
school.
Dan Cupid has upset all of Vineland
borough's plans again. After looking
for dog warden for year J. Rose
was found, and the title of DOG
Town was fast fading away when
Rose fell in love and left without turn
ing over his keys or his badge Report
says he and his sweetheart sought the
Gretna Green of Maryland.
Authority to complete purchase of
land for Raritan arsenal near Metu-
chen. upon which S1000000O was spent
in permanent improvements, was ask
ed by Secretary Baker
Fire destroyed the Coombs building
and damaged the Marine National
Bank, the Sparcrest hotel and other
property at Wildwood Police Surgeon
| n. A. Cohen was severely burned, ID
three tiremen We're overcome. The loss
is estimated at $4,000.
Stenography has been substituted
for advanced Latin by seniors at the
Glassboro High School.
John Sipple, the clam bake expert,
of Gloucester City went to Champagne,
ILL.,, to prepare bake for 5000 at an
ElkS' convention.
The report prepared by the state ge-
olOgist on the brick and tile industries
in New Jersey shows that the total
production last year was valued at 49,
1917 962, which is $1,795, 401 less than
the output in 1917. This falling off
was due largely to decreased demand
for building materials and partly be-
cause of the curtaiment of fuel i'm