The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-09-23
The MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER %, 1919
LOCAL NEWS.

Oakley Cahall has been elected al
assistant JAM tor at the public school
The primary elections are being helc
today. The polls are open from 1873
p. m. to 9p. m.
George B. Clothier will conduct Sat-
urday evening dances in the Miro,
building, commencing October A.
Miss Elizabeth Garbarino and Miss
Marian Bed we'll have enrolled as stu.
dents in the University of Pennsyl-
vania.
The Young Friends Association was
entertained by Mr.. and Mrs. D. Budd
Jones at their farm near Vincentown
on Friday night.
The Peerless Orchestra will conduct
series of dances in the Masonic Tenn
pie on Wednesday and Saturday
evenings, commencing October A.
William P. Jackson has returned to
his former position OF War Camp Com
munity Service for the Camp Dix
district, after having been engaged in
community welfare work in Michigan.
Letters for William J. Crosby, Mrs.
J. Booricks, Mrs. Augusta Liebshrner,
Mrs. G. Achterman, Mrs. Gus Schrem
ser, Miss Helen Hagerman and George
Meritani remain unclaimed in the post
Office.
The local Knights of Pythias will
have big time on Friday night when
the lodge will entertain the members
who were in military or naval service.
An interesting program has been ar
ranged.
Captain Roy Tracey, who has been
occupying Mrs. Rachel Evans house
on Union street for some time, was
discharged from the army last week,
and returned to Chicago with his
family.
Employees of the H. B. Smith Ma
chine Company have received an in
crease in wages amounting to fifty
cents day. The company's act was
voluntary and a welcome surprise to
the woFkmen.
Contractors E. w. Esham end w. 8.
Gale haye she contract for erscting
new hailding for she Fret National
Bank at Wrightstowu, The institu-
tion has been using temporary quar-
tiers since its building was damaged by
fire some months ago.
Announcement has been made of
the marriage Of Miss Msude lurking
ton, q trained nurse, and former resi-
dent Of Mount Holly, to Edward By.
ron, Of Montana. The event took
place on Tuesday and the bride aud
groom will reside in the western state.
The opening meeting for the fall and
winter season of the Burlington coun- /,
ty Y. M. C. A. committee, will be !
held in st. Andrews parish building,
on Friday evening, October 8. Alton
G. Roberts, secretary Of the central
district of the state, will make an ad-
dress.
Willard Nj. Rice, one of the county |
Y. M. c. A. secretaries, and Miss Mabel
ID. Long, Of Clarksburg, West Virgin
ia, were married on Wednesday at the
home of the bride. After wedding |
trip they will reside in Mount Holly,
having rented one OF DR.. Charles Har-
ker's apartments.
Word has been received by Rev. J.
L. 5urtees, of 6wedesboro, formerly OF |
Mount Holly, that his son, Lieutenant
Robert Elliott Surtees, who is in a
London hospital for treatment for
wounds received while with the Cana
dian forces in the italian campaign, |
had fallen and again fractured his in
'ured leg, but he hopes to be home for
hristmas.
Frank L. Garbarino, who was for |
merly an agent Of the Department of |
Justice of the United States, has re-
Hgned, and has established an investi-
eating bureau with an office in the |
Schubert building Philadelphia, where
he will specialize as an expert investi
gator on corporation, industrial and |
municipal affairs.
The annual meeting of the Burling-
ton County Young Women's Christian
Association will be held on Saturday
at st. Msry's parish house, Burling-
ton. opening with business meeting
at 1890 o'clock. Visitors are asked to
provide a box luncheon. Miss Top
ping. of New York. will speak on
Oriental Customs and Costumes,
and the Burlington association will |
present q one-act play.
While on the Burlington pike near
Bridgeboro, on Thursday afternoon,
the auto of Thomas Gramall, of River
side, was wrecked and the owner dan
gerously hurt, while Charles Imrish, |
who accompanied him, was also slight
ly injured. The accident resulted from
Gramall swerving his machine aside to |
avoid q collision and dashing into a |
stone pile. The badly injured owner
was taken to Riverside where be was |
given medical attention.
The Ocean City Gas Company made |
application to the Public Utility Com
mission. on Tuesday. to be permitted
TO increase its rate for gas to $3O5 per
'shousa nd cubic feet. Two prior in
eressses allowed by the commission, it
wa - commended, had not provided suf-
f,4eient funds to pay interest on its
bonds and to make Improvements land
extensions. The company claims it
went behind 81, 900 during the first six
months of 1919. October 14th was fixed
to hear testimony.
Miss Mary Marguerite Wells. .
daughter OF the late Davis C. Wells, of
Pemberton. and Joseph Boch. of Phil
adelphia, we're united in marriage at
"Wellsmere. the home OF the BRIDES
mother, Mrs. Mary A. Wells, on Satur-
day. The ceremony was performed by
Rev. M. A. Southby, pastor of the
Pemberton Baptist church. The we'd
ding was quiet one owing to the ill
ness of the BRIDES mother, only rela
tives being present. The bride is
sister OF Mrs. r. Howard Aaronson,
Judge Harold b. Wells, d. C. Wells,
of Bordentown. and DIR. Edgar Wells,
OF Uniontown, Pa.
A proposition that sounds very nice