The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-18
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morrow evening. The speaker will
7. Richard B. Eckman.
: Joseph F. Lynch. from West Berlin
+ has rented the office recently occupie
by Henry H. Savage, and will practic
b his profession as optician.
Il The ladies of the Shepherds of Beth
lehem will hold a sale of homemad
J. bread. cakes and pies in the lodgeroor
s in the Kelsey & Killie building o.
Saturday afternoon.
d Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler JOSEPH
g. Buch and Col. E. C. Stahl, vic
. president of the State Elks' Associa
ton, will pay official visits to Noun
Holly Lodge of Elks tonight.
] Mr.. and Mrs. George Holman, O
Pleasantville, are being congratulate
upon the arrival of baby in thei
family. Mrs. Holman was formerly
Miss Elsie Haines, of Mount Holly.
The Medford Firemen's Relief Asso
citation has elected these officers: Presi
dent, Joseph B. Worrell; vice presi
dent, Frank Branson; secretary, Walt
er McClain ;jtreasurer, Frank l.. Smytb,
The Fortnightly Club was enter
tanned last night at the residence OF
DIR. r. S. Clarke. The address was de-
livered by Lieut.. Pickett, of the aerial
service, who told of his experiences in
the war.
Recently discharged from tAe navy,
Harvey Gauntt, of Delanco, narrowly
escaped drowning when he fell from a
small launch on the Delaware River
between DeIanco and the Traylor ship
yard. He was rescued by Roland
Ashton.
The Past Masters Association of
Mount Holly Lodge No. IA. F. and A.
NJ, was formally organized at meet
ling held in the Masonic Temple last
night. The following officers were
elected for one year: President, Leoni
das S. Boyce; vice president, Elwood
H Stokes; secretary, Benjamin E..
Colkitt; treasurer, Harry w. Phares.
The next lecture by DR.. George E.
Raiguel will be delivered in the court
house tomorrow evening at eighc
o'clock. Owing to change in the time
tables on the Pittsburg division of the
railroad the doctor has experienced
much inconvenience in getting to the
places where he was scheduled. He has
now arranged his programme to suit
the trains and will be here on time to.
morrow evening.
The entertainment by Emil Gloss
will be given on Friday evening of
this week, at eight o'clock, in the high
school auditorium. The entertain
ment will be an hour and half long,
and will consist of songs, stories, i'm
presentations, and Swiss hand bells.
The admission is twenty-five cents,
and the proceeds go to the high school
music class for the purchase of new
piano for the school.
Leon Henderson, OF Medford. died
suddenly on Thursday night. He had
been sick with pneumonia and had
become delirious. He asked for drink |
of water and when his father went
down stairs to get it the young man
leaped from his bedroom window.
Search was made for him and after
some time his body was found in the
creek. He had either jumped or fallen |
off the railroad bridge at the edge of
the town.
Among those given prominent ment
ion in the army reports was Sergeant
Howard M. Karg, deceased, first |
battalion, 3O9ih Infantry. for extra
ordinary herosim in action at st. Juvin
France, November 5, 1918. Under
terrific enemy bombardment Sergeant
Karg carried soldier, who was over
come by gas for distance of so yards
over a road exposed to the direct fire of |
enemy machine gun snipers and shell
fire, to place of safety.
Although National Prohibition soon
will be effective, citizens of Imlays-
town are going ahead with their plans
for a local option election and the
township committee has designated |
March % as the date. 'Drys" declare
that the issue failed to come before the
voters at the last general election be-
cause the township clerk misinter-
ported his instructions and mailed |
notices OF the election to public places |
instead of posting them personally. |
They object to the community remain
ing neutral and want it on record with |
a decision for or against John Barley |
corn.
Working from both sides of an ina
ginary line in midstream, the common
wealths of Pennsylvania and New Jer
sey are to cojointly erect the Delaware
river bridge between Philadelphia and
Camden. The cost of construction,
about $4,000, 900. and of maintenance
of each half, is to be assumed equally
by state and city on each side of the
river. These recommendations, the
latest developments in the interstate
bridge project, will be made to the in
dividual state Legislatures and to the
local councilmanic bodies as result OF
conference between Governors Sproul
of Pennsylvania, Edge, of New Jersey;
Townsend, of Delaware, and various
other officials of the states at the
Union League on Friday.
New jerseys memorial 20 its sons
who fought in the great war will take
the form of magnificent marble tenn
pie to be erected in the State House
Park at Trenton, if present plans are
carried out. The proposed building
will contain the records of all New
Jersey soldiers, memorial tablets for
those who persisted and museum
| The estimated cost is $3.50, 600 The
State Board of Education has APPROX
ed plan to make the memorial the
gift of the school children of the state,
in order that every family may have
some share in perpetuating the mem
DRY of those who fought for the liberty
of the world. To prevent any conflict
with campaigns to raise funds for
purely local memorials, no direct SO
Iicitation with be expected, but teach
ers will be asked to tell their pupils
about the plan and accept any sum
the children might like to give. Only
a very small amount from each school
room in the state will be sufficient.
Governor Edge has endorsed the
movement. and the State House Park