The Penn's Grove record., 1919-01-10
News Of Local Interest
What Is Occurring and Being
Talked About In The Borough
and Township

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Mrs. Harry c. Blohm and little son
are both III with the grippe at their
home on Main Street.
The engagement of Miss Lena Karp.
a belle Of Altoona, Pa, to Charles
ureen' II North Broad Street, is
nounced.
Alexander Livingstone has re-
Gelved from his son, Private Isadore
Livingstone, a German helmet and two
cannon bullets taken at the battle of
sedan. They are in the window of
MS drug store, 1863 West Main Street.
The New Jersey Interstate Bridge
ana Tunnel Commission has decided
upon the Court Plaza House in Cam
oen Tor the eastern approach to the
proposed Delaware River bridge when
that structure is built.
The American restaurant. which is
under capable Chinese Management is
advertising in this issue that thew are
serving dinner to order from II A. NJ.
10 8 +. NJ. for 40 cents. This sounds
more like pre-war prices.
There was an alarm of fire about
o O'Clock last night, but the depart
ment while responding promptly was
not needed. The fire was at 800 Main
street and caught from an oil stove.
The damage was slight.
The Broad Theatre will be under
new management after January 18TH.
Manager Byron S. Fogle having re-
signed Tor a larger field of operations.
He will be succeeded by Roscoe Wilson.
the Penns Grove bandmaster. Mr.,
Wilson is well known and popular
here.
). Herbert Hooks has sold his farm
Of a. acres in Upper Penns Neck
township, below Courses Landing. to
Luigi teccadenti, an Italian who has
MADE a fortune at the powder mills.
instead of sending it to Italy he has
declded to become a land fast Ameri-
can.
A gas stove exploded in Clark's
restaurant about 10 o'clock this morn
ing which did considerable damage to
the building and fixtures. The report
spread CONSERVATION in the immediate
nelghborhood. Howard Brown had
his jaw fractured. DR.. E. R. Prigger
dressed the wounds.
The Regal Shop, S. NJ. Green. man.
ager, announces a Manhattan Shirt
sale In this issue. These shirts have
a countrywide reputation and nothing
can be said here to add to their popu-
larlty. When they are reduced from
the standard every day price you are
sure to get a bargain.
Winter weather arrived last Friday
night and Saturday morning. The
temperature was down to 20. Sunday
morning it was Is and each morning
since at 20 to 30. Flurries of snow
nave Whltened the ground and the
month appears ~seasonable. This Fri
day morning the temperature was IA.
David A. English, the popular res
taurateur, has bought the Davis hak-
cry property, at Main and Oak
Streets, Penns Grove. He took charge
last Saturday. 1t is the original
bakery in Penns Grove and a few
years ago the latest improved machin-
cry was installed. He will move his res
taurant from Penn Street and add i'm
provements.
Capt. Samuel NJ. Denny has sold
the steamer Haven Bell and delivered
her to the purchaser in Virginia.
Capt. George Jordan accompanied him
on the trip. They took in the sights
in Richmond and visited the Freder-
icksburg battlefield where Capt.
Denny took part December Is, 1852.
He recognized the place by the old
stone fence and the brick house which
still stands.
Alfred Gillison, proprietor of the
planning mill on Oak Street, has added
a handsome winter cab to his big auto
truck. The Fulton Auto Truck Com
pany, of Philadelphia, happened to
see it and were so pleased with the de-
sign and workmanship that they at
once placed an order for a number of
them, and it is proboble that Mr.. Gil
lison will get a large order from them
in the near future.
In compliance with an amendment
to the new State law passed last year
concerning municipal and county
finances, there will be a public hear
ing on the raising of the annual budget
for the Township of Upper Penns
Neck at the Lafayette school house
on Wednesday, January goth, in the
presence of the Township Committee.
The appropriations to be considered
are for township purposes, $4,000;
for State roads, $4,000.
Rev. John j. Jarrett, who is a medi-
cal missionary in the region near
Cartagena, Colombia, South America,
spent over Sunday with Rev. Fred ].
Peters and told his interesting mis-
sionary work in the 1st Baptist Church
last Sunday evening. He and Rev.
Peters went as missionaries to Cuzco,
Peru, in 1895, and were driven out by
the Jesuits in seven weeks. They re-
turned al a later date and did good
work. He is on his way to England,
his native place, to see his son who
was wounded in the World War. He
will thence return to Cartegena.