The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-06-27
NEW JERSEY
STATE BRIEFS

f. The United States torpedo BOAT de-
stroyer Tatnall, the second of the fleet
| launched at the New York shipyard,
j-Camden, had a successful builders
trial trip down the Delaware. This
week it will have its official trial and
will then be turned over to the gov
| eminent.
Although it has been more than a
year since the government erected the
Delaware General Ordnance depot
near Pedricktown, the property owners
have not as yet been able to get set
! Element for their lands. This has
proved a financial loss to several, as
they had to borrow money with which
to purchase other homes.
| site on Walker avenue has been
chosen for the new Presbyterian
Church of Carney's Point and work
will be started ON the edifice next
week.
Rev. William S. Terrell who has
been in the navy as chaplain, has been
discharged and will resume his pas
torate of the First Baptist Church,
Haddonfield.
A course in agriculture is to be in
troduced in the Salem public schools
next year. and the Board of Educa-
ton has engaged Seth I. Wheat of
| the Vail Agricultural College, YER
mont as instructor.
| A post of World War Veterans was
organized in Vineland, with e. w.
| Koering, commander; Albert Zambone,
senior vice commander; John Schnei-
| der. Junior vice commander Fred
| Smell, adjutant; Robert Mennies, quar-
termaster Leon Bozarth, officer of the
day
Providing prizes are awarded, a
number of girls of Woodbury. Heights
are willing to go into a swimming con-
| test on the Fourth of July in the local
lake.
A canning club under the direction
of L. s. Archibald is doing its first can
ming in the Hebrew colony of Rosen-
hayn and is taking great interest in the
work
| The Woodbury. Council is advertis-
| ing for bids covering one, three and
five years for lighting the streets. The
Public Service Company now furnishes
this light, such as it is
| In honor of Memo Bear and Paul
Breeder, who have just returned from
overseas, the employees of the Millvale
| post office, where the boys were en-
| ployed before volunteering for service.
rendered them rousing reception and
banquet.
Director Campbell reports that
Ocean City's finances for 1919 are in
excellent shape. a condition unique in
the history of the resort.
Sufficient funds have been subscrib-
ed for the soldiers and sailors me-
mortal cammittee at Newfield to pro-
coed with plans for erecting a monu-
ment.
j. B. McMahan & Sons won the gold
prize for the best strawberries of
fered by the Vineland Trust Company,
and l.. V. Castellini was given the sec
Ond prize
Beginning June %, Wildwood Sta
ton will be called West Merchantville.
Vineland Masons will vote to erect
a new home at cost of 100000 on
Lands avenue
The Ancona Printing Company has
filed an appeal with the Camden coun-
ty Board of Taxation from an assess
meut of $4,000 for riparian rights in
front of its plant in Gloucester City.
More than 1000 of the 1.20O liquor
dealers in Newark have renewed IL
censes as of July l.
Watching for marauders who have
been killing poultry, sheep and pigs on
farms near Palmyra, Joseph Shaffer
caught two ferocious bulldogs Staying
one of his fine porkers. He managed
to shoot both dogs.
One of the Palmyra memorials for
local boys in the service will be mu-
nicipal flag pole of steel, to cost $500.
The site has been donated by Washing
ton Camp, P. o. S. of A.
The Civil Service Commission has
scheduled an examination for June %
for creating an eligible list of nurses,
and it desires every qualified nurse in
the state who is interested in this line
of social service to take the examna-
ton. The department of health has
been enabled to take up the work on an
appropriation of $125,000 by the last
legislature After the nurses or teach
ers enter the service of the department
of health they will have the benefit of
course of instruction prior to their
field assignment by supervisors who
are specialists in their work.
Among the numerous civil service ex-
aminations scheduled for June that of
chief deputy officer for service at the
various prison camps and prison farms
should be of special interest to the
from military service. The chief depu-
ty officer will be in complete charge of
| the prisoners located in the road camps
as a result of the new policy of using
prison and reformatory labor in con-
struction of state highways and at the
prison farm at Leesburg, Cumberland
county, where about 200 inmates of the
state prison are being used.
The pupils of the Elmer public
schools have knitted a handsome af-
CHAN for the Salem County Memorial
Hospital.
A remarkable collection of orchids,
mostly grown by the late Charles G.
Roebling of Trenton, president of the
company which built the Brooklyn
bridge, has been sold by the Roebling
estate to Mrs Frederick Z. Dixon of
Elkins Park, Pc, for S2S,000 Roeb-
| ling sent expeditions info the mOun-