The Penn's Grove record., 1919-04-04
News of Local Interest
What Is Occurring and Being
Talked About In The Borough
and Township

The monthly meeting of the Penns
Grove Building Association will take
place on Monday next. Do not forget
your dues.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
J. Coates Fort on March 18th. Mr.. Fort
is a son of j. A. Fort who is in bus
mess on Oak Street.
R. F. Willis & Bro, the Oak street
coal and lumber merchants, have added
a new Pierce-Arrow truck to their
equipment. 1t has a carrying capacity
of four tons.
U.C. Grob, of Wilmington, has sue
ceeded the Bricker family in the man
agement of French's Hotel. He had
previously operated the skating rink
on the premises.
The boxing contests are pulled off
regularly every Friday night now at
Penns Grove arena, as there is hardly
likely to be any more cold weather to
interfere.
Besure to attend the Chamber of
Commerce meeting in the High School
auditorium on Monday night next.
Business of unusual importance will
be considered.
The Philadelphia Meat G. Provision
Co., corner of Main and Oak Streets,
Joseph Giacomo & Brother, owners,
has been sold to John and Louis Gle
mente. The new owners took pos
session on Tuesday.
The barber shop of the late VIM. F.
Walker in the Odd Fellows building
on Main Street, will be continued by
his son, Earl Walker, who was as
ISOLATED with his father in the
business.
Arbor Day will be mex Friday the
18th Plant a tree. Every back yard
will grow a peach, pear, plum, cherry
18th. Plant a tree. Every back yard
feet in from your front fence. 1t will
shade your lawn and side walk. The
summer trudger will bless you in fut-
Ure years.
j. Dunn, of the Dunn Auto Com
pany, was fined $40 and costs by Agent
McAdams of the State Motor Vehicle
Department on Saturday for running
a jitney without the lights being prop
. erly dimmed and ~obstructing traffic on
! Broad Street.
!, The police force appeared in their
new uniforms this week and they GER
tainly present a natty appearance.
!. They have also been provided with
slickers and hat protectors for bad
weather. They also have electric spot
!. lights in addition to their guns and
clubs. As usual, w. S. Leap, the Main
!. Street clothier, furnished the uni,
forms, slickers and cap protectors.
. big Joe" Siegelin, who was for
merly at Lewis Toggery Shop on Main
!. Street, has severed his connection
!. there and gone to P~erkintown, where
. he has opened up for himself. He has
!. erected a building on the Asa Justice
; tract and opened up a complete gener-
! al store, where you can get most ev-
. erything. Joe is a hustler and says
! he is doing fine. Glad to hear it.
. S. Weidof was brought before
! Motor Agent McAdams on Saturday
] by Chief Marshal Houseworth charg-
. ed with dumping a quantity of broken
! glass on South Broad Street. When
. requested to remove it by the officer
. he refused. Agent McAdams fined
: him $40 and costs. 1t costs enough,
dear knows, to own and operate a car
: without having to run thru fields OF
] broken glass.
I Herbert B. Cox the Camden county
1 Farm Demonstration, who lives at
Collingswood, is authority for the state
I ment that the cold snap and high winds
! of the past week have not caused any
I damage whatever to early crops, fruit
! tree buds or other growths. The terri
. tory over which he has supervision is
I contiguous to Salem county, and it is
] fair to assume that his deductions
+ apply here.
! Michael Cullinan, the man with a
. broken neck, better known about town
/ as mickey" left Penns Grove this
! week for Parsons, Kansas, where his
: parents and other relatives reside. He
j was injured while in the employ of
. the duPonts several years ago., and
! for this trip they had him provided at
. the hospital with a fine new mask or
: support to keep his head straight. He
!. will probably remain at his old home
!. thruout the summer
: Great preparations are being made
!. for the future of Penns Grove by the
new Chamber of Commerce which
meets in the High School auditorium
. on Monday night. There is IN i'm
portant committee to appoint and it is
!. of the greatest Importance that every
member be present as the life and en-
!. thusiasm of the organization is just
. what you make it. Salem has resur-
rected their Chamber of Commerce.
Now don't let them beat US, we have
the men and money. Let's get the
spirit and boost
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