The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-08-29
Miss Ethel Champion,

~ tIIdt ule post ONCE department mas
rented the adjoining Office
Cape May. b. Hastings. principal
Of the West Cape May schools for 1G
years, has resigned because of Ill
health.
Gloucester Clty.-Pupils of the pub
lie schools here must be vaecinated be-
fore they appear for the new term on
September 2, but 10 similar order has
been issued TO the pupils Of the pa
| rochial schools, and there is contro-
versy on among the parents
Paterson. - SILK dyers and helpers
will be forced to wait until October 10
for a hour week by a decision of
the War Labor Board.
Woodbury.-Septem 81 has been
set as the tentative date Tor Glouces-
ter county's welcome home celebration
for service men.
Hightstown.-Simon Cohen, an aged
Jewish rabbi, who has resided here
for some time, was killed by an auto
mobile passing through town. The ia
tally occurred In front of Trinity p
+. Church during a severe thunder
storm. This is the second death by
automobiles on Hightstown streets
within two weeks, young John Peppler
having been killed instantly on Au-
gust 3.
Atlantic City. = Linemen employed
by the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany have been having trouble keep
/ irtn, fxx-r cf tbf. ri, 20 nit
les working since the Northeastern. A
mile from Pleasantville they located
the wire jinx 1t was a dead seagull
firmly wedged between two wires.
Observation-Disclosures Crawford is
sued notice that hereafter no automo-
biles can be parked on Main street
from Verona avenue to the Reading
railroad under anew city ordinance.
PleasantviIle-The Board of Educa-
| ton elected Miss Ruth L. Conner OF
| Palmer, Mass, supervisor and teacher
of drawing and Miss Marion K. Jones
grade teacher in No school,
| Collingswood.-Mrs Mabel r. WINS
of this place has been installed matron
| of the Camden County Methodist Home
| for Aged and Infirm and reports the
| institution in healthy and prosperous
| condition.
| Millville.-The City Commission has
been assured by members of the State
Highway Commission that aid win be
! given in the construction of good roGda
to Mays Landing. Cape May Court
House and to Bridgeton, county seats.
Ocean City.-The members of the
Ocean City Yacht Club, following their
annual custom, attended services in
the First Presbyterian Church, and the
pastor, Rev. r. S. Snyder. preached
The vocal soloist was Dr. 7. Wayne
Killian of West Philadelphia.
Kensington.-The Best SILK Manu-
| featuring Company of this place has
| opened branch in Pleasantville. with
30 employees.
Ocean City.-A peculiar case has
| come to the attention of the local po-
lice through the efforts of James w.
Knorr, Philadelphia, to locate his
| trunk. He spent his vacation at a
rooming house here and returned home
two weeks ago. Before leaving he car
ried his steamer trunk out and placed
| it under a porch, as he was unable to
| get an expressman to convey it to the
railroad station. He arranged with an
| express company to ship 1t the next
day. however. As the trunk did not
reach him, he wrote the owner of the
house, but the trunk had disappeared.
knorr now wants the proprietress to
make good his loss.
Trenton.-The state department of
health announced the amount of cold
storage food held in New Jersey ware
houses was increased by millions of
pounds in July.
Glassboro.-High cost of living will
be advanced a notch or two, tlie re-
suit of the havoc wrought upon Jersey
farm crops by the recent gale. The
damage will run into many thousands
of dollars from fiattened truck patches
and corn fields and denuded fruit or
chards The loss will fall upon consum-
ers as well as upon the farmers as
there already was demand for all
the fresh vegetables and fruits that
this region could supply.
Burlington.-As rapidly as It can be
harvested, thousands of baskets of
windfall fruit whipped from trees by
the big storm will be rushed TO mar
ket by growers anxious to recoup their
losses. Only ON one or two former
occasions has an equally disastrous
storm hit the fruit in this section, but
the appearance of ready buyers for tine
injured fruit at low prices today indi-
Gated that little will be wasted.
Atlantic City.-There was a record
breaking rainfall here of more than
nine and one-half inches during the
twenty-four hours Weather bureau Off
Gals say the Atlantic coast suffered
the heaviest summer northeast storm
it ever experienced. Passengers in
trolley lines along the ocean front
were marooned and compelled to re
main all night in the cars because the
tracks were flooded, The seven miles
of meadow back of the resort became
a raging sea, and railroad service was
| badly interfered with.
Jersey City. = Patrolmen protested
against the formation of a policemen's
union to be affiliated with A. F. L.
Wildwood-F of unknown origin
| destroyed the Wildwood Crest ocean
pier and damaged the Wildwood Crest
fishing pier The damage is estimated
st $4,000 Sparks from the blazing
piers set fire to adjoining buildings.
hut they were saved through prompt