The Mount Holly news., 1919-10-21
TUESDAY, OCTORER Il, 1919
LOCAL NEWS.

entered the State Normal School
Trenton.
Mrs. Julia Remine has removed
from Wrightstown to the house she
recently purchased on Pine street.
Mount Holly.
John HI. Dobbins has been elected
lay delegate from the Mount Holly
M. E. church to the next session of the
New Jersey Conference.
The annual Burlington county
teachers institute will be held in the
high school auditorium, Mount Holly,
on Thursday and Friday.
There will be an important meeting
OF the Woman's League. this after
noon. in the Friends meeting house
on Buttonwood street, and it is hoped
that every member will be present.
A price-cutting war between Mount
Holly meat dealers resulted, last week,
in the reduction of ID cents per pound
in the price of hams. Other meat
products also have gone down consider
ably.
Court Stenographer and Mrs. Arthur
W. Kelly, of Red Bank, announce the
engagement of their daughter, Miss
Marjorie w. Kelly, to Homer Methot,
Jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Methot
of Red Bank.
The season for shooting wild fowl
opened on Thursday, and gunners who
went to Barnegat bay reported having
bagged a fair quantity of ducks, al
though the weather conditions were
not favorable.
John Hoffman, of Church street,
was struck and run over by an auto
mobile in Camden on Thursday after
noon. He was slightly bruised and
after receiving first aid treatment at a
hospital, was able to return to his
home.
Rev. A. F. A. Neudoerferr, former
pastor of the German Lutheran church
near Hainesport, is in this vicinity
and has been spendinga a few days with
his sister, Mrs. Held. Mr.. Neudoerferr
has been away nearly ten years in a
church'in India, and he expects to re-
turn to that country in short time.
Under the care of a committee of
Burlington and Bucks quarterly meet
ing of the Society of Friends, meet
ing for divine worship will be held in
the meeting house at Arney's Mount,
First day, 10th mo-, 26th, at 2.30 p m.
All are cordially invited to attend.
There will be rummage sale ON
Saturday, November l, under the aus
pices OF the Parent-Teacher Associa-
tion, to raise funds to enlarge the
school library. Persons desiring to
donate articles for this sale are re-
quested to leave them with the janitor
of the school.
The store of Andrew Etheridge, at
Atsion, was broken into one night last
week and robbed of candies, cigarettes,
cigars. etc. The home of Mrs. Mary
Davis. at the johnson Place, also was
entered, and considerable quantity of
jewelry stolen. A short time ago the
store at Indian Mills was robbed. 1t
is thought the same persons commit
ted all these depredations.
Miss Gertrude Bradley, a nurse at
the Burlington County Hospital, for
the last ten years, who recently pre-
sented her resignation, was the recipi-
ent of a handsome gold wrist watch on
Wednesday. the gift of the medical
staff of the institution, in appreciation
of her faithful and continued service
Miss Bradley will go to live with
her parents at Madrid, N. Y.
The upper floors of the remodeled
Milbine property. on Main street, are
to be occupied by the Burlington
county Y. w. C. A., which will re-
move from the Hawkins store on Gar
den street, and also by the activi-
ties conducted by the Girls Clubs,
now meeting in the Davis property at
Garden and Buttonwood streets The
latter residence has been rented by DIR.
I. N. Keim.
About sixty men connected with the
Presbyterian church held a meeting on
UUodrocdoxr x.irhf ond ornor;gad &hc
Presbyterian Brotherhood with the
following officers: President, Edgar F.
Bnnce; vice president, Robert r.
Forbes; secretary, John w. Bottcher
treasurer, Samuel A. Hart; executive
committee, the officers and Rev. r. A
Brotemarkle. Regular meetings will
be held on the third Thursday of eacf
month.
Last week Mrs. L. w. Prickett, O
Garden street, paid visit to her ole
home in Connecticut and spent very
pleasant time with her two sisters anC
brother. Soon after arriving at he
home in Mount Holly she received I
telegram announcing that her brothel
had been killed in collision between
his bicycle and an automobile. Th,
man was 65 years of age, and, with
the two SISTERS he lived with, was on
Of triplets.
The 50th infantry, regular army
which has been stationed at CAM
Dix for number of months, left o.
Thursday for Silesia. Three trair
sections were needed to carry the regi
ment and its equipment to Hoboken
from which point it will embark on
transport for Brest. There was plent
of enthusiasm among the men owe
the prospect of change from cam
life, which was their lot during tn
war. Colonel Francis j.. McConne
was in command of the regiment as
sailed.
Henry Keesee. colored, was arreste
at Bordentown, and committed to ia
for murderous assault upon his wi
last Wednesday night. She was take
to Trenton hospital, where she is j
q critical condition from severe raz
cuts in number of places about b
body. The prisoner admits his gui
but refuses to state why he committt
the act. Before making the assau
Keesee cut his wife's supply OF clot
ing into small pieces. He has form
prison record of eight years for ma
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