The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-10-31

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Governor Runyon named Sophie M.
Braun, of Elizabeth, Elijah d. Riley,
Of Absecon, trustees of the teachers
retirement fund. ....
The Wmnen's Civic club Of Absecon
has decided to devote it's energies
to raising funds for improving the
condition and appearance of the
| schoolhouse grounds.
Residents of National Park are com
planning that some iitBey dri. ers o en-
charge and some are now using the
| trolley cars to Gloucester and then
taking the boats to Philadelphia
The Readington Reformed churca
| observed its two hundredth anniyer-
sary with services. appropriate 10 the
| occasion.
The Hunterdon COUNTY board OF
freeholders awarded contracts for
bridge at Pottstown for $500 and an
other at Kingwood for $67S.
Salem got another new industry
that will give employment to thirty
girls and women. The works will
temporarily be located in Rumsey
Hall.
! Attendance at the Paulsboro pub
lie schools has greatly increased since
| the board Of education has commenc-
ed enforcing the compulsory attend
ance law.
Music is the latest subject to be
| placed in the Paulsboro public schools
by the board of education, and every
pupil will be compelled TO take up the
study.
There is milk famine at Clayton
and it is with difficulty that house
keepers are being half supplied Two
| recent fires destroyed a number of
good cows belonging to farmers whe
| supplied the Dealers and the owners
have not been able TO replenish their
stock. The sugar situation is almost
| as serious, as none of the stores have
any.
| A number of laborers employed by
| the Joseph Burke Construction COM
pany, which has the contract for paw
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threwn down their tools and gone on
a strike for an advance of ten cents
an hour. They were being paid fifty
cents an hour As a consequence work
has been stopped.
| At a conference with a committee
! representing more than 1000 employees
Of the cotton mills and bleacheries of
| the Melville Manufacturing company
a request for a reduction in working
hours Of from fifty-five to forty-eight
cents was granted at the same pay
as under the old scale. The change
viii take effect on December /. The
company has voluntarily increased
wages three times in three years.
| With a position offered him at dou-
BILE his present salary, Chief of Police
| Joseph w Van Lier, of Haddonfield,
resigned The borough commissioners,
| though reluctant to part with the eff
cent official, accepted the resignation.
Van Lier has been remarkably sue
cessful in the capture of lawbreakers-
Eggs are selling in Swedesboro at
| eighty cents a dozen, the highest price
ever paid in the vicinity, and it looks
like dollar eggs by Christmas, or even
Thanksgiving. At the same time there
are more chickens in that section of
| the country than ever before, as there
IS not a farmer within five miles but
who has from 100 to 500.
The largest fish caught in the lake
at Fries Mil This season was captur-
ed last week by Norman Horning, a
member of the Good Fellows Angling
club, of Philadelphia 1t was a large
mouth bass and weighed nearly seven
pounds.
When Mrs. Charles Jaggers failed
to respond to a call to dinner at Mill
vile she was found dead in bed She
had complained of feeling i'll three
hours previous, and had gone up
stairs to lie down.
Paulsboro meat stores have gone
empty since the arrival of a boatload
| of oysters at a local wharf, and resi-
dents are taking the opportunity to
beat old III c. L." by feasting on
oysters
During the month of September the
| iimeys in Newark carried a total of
Bats, $50 passengers, which was the
largest month in the history of the
| jitney business there. The volume of
| business is held to be primarily due
20 the operation of the zone system by
the Public Service Railway company
Edward Miller, who was deputy at
the Michelin Tire company plant at
Midtown during the recent strike, is
in a serious condition as a result Of
TWO stab wounds inflicted just over
the heart His assailant, it is alleged.
| is Thomas KoveZak, q Michelin en-
ploye. Both men were at work when
he stabbing occurred. Miller is in
S. Peters hospital. Newark Kove-
Yak is held for the grand jury.
The Chester township Democratic
committee was organized at a meet
ing in Moorestown of voters of
Moorestown, Maple Shade and other
parts of the township, all showing
| keen interest in the pending cam
paign. These officers were elected
President, H. c. Jaeoby; secretary,
q. NJ. Gibson: treasurer, Frank 4.
IIar;
Crap shooting has become such
favorite pastime for the younger ele-
ment in Paulsboro that the officials
are compelled 10 use stringent meth
DDS to break up the practice
The schools of West Berlin were
! closed by the health officials becauSp