The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-03-11
TUESDAY. MARCH IL, 1919
LOCAL NEWS.

LOCAL NEWS.
Miss Clover Lippincott has taken
position in the county Y. M. c. A
Office.
The property No. Al Mill street ha
been sold to Fred Schmidt by tn
owner, Anna M. Willard.
Rev. Charles M. Perkins. Of Col
lingswood, will preach in st. Andrew
church on Friday evening.
Albert Gray, at one time barber il
Mount Holly. died at the county aims
house at New Lisbon, on Tuesday.
The annual field trials of the English
Setter Club will be held on its farm
near Medford on April LIST and there
after.
William P. Morrison has sold hi
house and lot, No. 124 Madison ave
nue., to Elizabeth Burroughs. TIT
sale was made by A. A. Anderson
real estate dealer.
A successful operation for append
citis was performed upon Arthur ID
Bovine, son of Mr.. and Mrs. George /
Bovine, of Mount Holly, at Roosevelt
hospital, New York, last week.
The Woolman Memorial House or
Branch street has been reopened aftel
being closed for several months, while
the hostess, Miss Caroline l.. Crew
spent season in Wilmington.
February q was refund day at the
Creedon hardware store. The list o.
customers on that day, who are en-
titled to receive checks for the amount
OF their purchases, appears in an ad'
vertisement in another column.
The Campbell Soup Company, Of
Camden, the largest buyers OF to-
matoes in this section Of the state,
have SAINT out contracts for this year,
offering $2l ton. The growers have
been demanding price OF not less
than $50 from the canneries.
A special meeting of the Burlington
County Farmers Exchange will be
held at the court house on Saturday to
consider proposition to change the
corporation's name to Burlington
Supply and Produce Company. This
change is proposed for business reasons.
A bill has been introduced in the
Legislature to increase the salaries OF
members of the small board OF free
holders from 81 800 to $500 IN coun-
ties having population OF more than
1900, and allowing the director 50, 900.
This will doubtless speed up the COM
potion in Burlington county for places
on the small board.
Charles NJ. Headley, of Ceilings
wood, has purchased the east side OF
the s. L. Bullock property on Union
street, now occupied by Mr.. Sculthorpe,
manager of the Atlantic and Pacific
store. Mr.. Headley is connected with
the Provident Life and Trust Com
pany, Of Philadelphia, and will short
ly move to Mount Holly.
The Ushers' Union of the Methodist
church elected the following officers at
. meeting held at the home of s. Law
renee Bullock, on Tuesday night:
President, L. s. Boyce; vice president,
A. r. w. Atwood; secretary, Samuel
E. Colder, treasurer, Raymond w
Sprow; executive committee, s. Law
renee Bullock and A. Ashby Lippin-
colt.
Electrician James Anderson states
that be expects to have the lighting OF
the high school gymnasium completed
before next Monday evening, which
will make it possible for the members
of the Junior Y. M. G. A. group, ac-
cording to the arrangement with the
school board, to rent the gymnasium
o. permanent meeting place on Mon
day evenings. Arrangements have
been made whereby the gymnasium
can be used another evening of the
week for second Y. M. c. A. group
meeting place.
The annual banquet and ladies
night Of Mount Holly Lodge of Masons
was held on Thursday evening and
the event was thoroughly enjoyed by
the guests. William ID. Marren was
the caterer, and he served an elaborate
menu. The Peerless Orchestra furn-
ished music, and Philadelphia quar-
tette, of which Aubrey S. Worrell, of
Mount Holly, is a member, rendered
number OF vocal selections. Clarence
H. Polhemus acted as POSTMASTER.
The speakers were Lieutenant Clifford
r. Powell, and DIR. Charles F. Aked,
of New York. About one hundred
guests were present.
At meeting of Mount Holly Lodge
of Elks, held last Tuesday night, the
following officers and delegates were
elected: Exalted Ruler, Francis 0.
Durand; esteemed leading knight,
J. Harold Eckman; esteemed loyal
, knight, George FL. Atkins; esteemed
lecturing knight, Philip S. Irons;
secretary, Harry L. Walters; treasurer,
Charles C. Cowperthwait; tyler,
Samuel Fryer; trustee, ]. Budd Woods
ton; representative to grand lodge, E..
Lewis Schuyler; alternate represent
alive to grand lodge, William b.
Pearson; delegate to state association,
C. G. Cowperthwait. These officers
will be installed April LIST.
Third Liberty Bond interest coupons
due March 10, may be invested directly
In thrift and war savings stamps.
Post Offices throughout the country
have been notified to accept as cash
coupons representing interest due on
Liberty Bonds. This ruling makes ii
possible for all holders of Liberty
Bonds to reinvest their non-interest
bearing coupons in interest bearing
war saving stamps. Banks and trusi
companies were also told to accept
Liberty Bond coupons as cash for the
purchase of war savings and thrift
stamps. This will facilitate the sale
Of war savings, and afford the oppor
tunity to Liberty Bond holders t
draw interest on their interest.
Under plan formulated by Com
missioner of Charities and Corrections
Lewis, in cooperation with the Stat
Highway Commission, the convicts a
the state prison will manufacture roat