The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-05-23
WHOLE No. 2,465
Bucks County Briefs

A large truck ran into ditch. over
turned and took fire on Thursday
night on the Lincoln Highway, north
of Morris Heights, and the driver had
narrow escape with his life. Word
was sent to the Morrisville Firt Com
pany, and members hurried to the
scene with fire extinguishers and sue
ceeded in saving the truck from de-
struction.
In the death of Michael DooIey.
which occurred Wednesday morning,
May 14th, at o'clock, Newtown lost
another of her longtime residents.
Mr.. Dooley was born in County
Galway, Ireland, and came to this
country when youth
On Monday morning the oldest son
of Mr.. and Mrs. William Clymer, of
Thatcher, while turning the washing
machine got the index finger of his
right hand in the cog wheel, and tore
part of it off.
John Sutphin, of Morris Heights,
son of the late John Sutphin, had a
narrow escape from serious injury
last week, while riding spirited horse
when it suddenly became frightened
! by passing automobiles and backed in
to trolley car on the Yardley road.
The horse, valuable one, was kill
: ed but the young man escaped in
jury.
Miss Beulah A. Hurley, daughter of
William W. Hurley, of New Hope. is
one of $50 American Quakers and
Mennonites engaged in the rebuilding
of France Miss Hurley is graduate
of George School and also of the Co.
lumbia University. Before she left
for France she was head of the Home
Economic Department at State Nor
NAL School, Newark, N. J. Miss
Hurley engaged Immediately upon her
arrival in Relief work among the
peasants near Verdun.
John Mace leased his clothing fac
tory at Blooming Glen to Langheim
and Co., clothing firm of Phila-
delphia. The new management took
over the business last week with
Philip Specht as foreman. The COM
pany intends to make this factory
sanitary and up-to date.
Southampton Sunday School has
elected officers as follows: Superin-
tendent, George C. Shelimire; assist
ant superintendent, Howard Leedom;
secretary, Raymond Heaton; assistant
secretary, Earle Rose; treasurer, Mrs.
w. F. Rowley; chorister, Miss Eliza
beth Shelmire; assistant chorister,
Raymond Heaton; pianist, Iona Shell
mire; assistant pianist, Grace Tomlin-
son.
Saturday Bucks County's own ship,
the Neshaminy, will be launched from
one of Bucks county's own ship yards,
when the sponsor will be one who I'M
selfishly gave of her energies in the
first four Liberty loan campaigns to
help put the Founders County Over
the top" as chairman of the women's
committee of the county, It is an
honor TO Bucks to have vessel named
after the county's largest stream and.
a tribute to the patriotism and liber-
atty of the residents of the lower,
district.
Alighting in the Court House,
Doylestown, Monday afternoon, the
dove of peace started up in business
with the organization Of a county
branch of the League to Enforce
Peace with Rev. Benjamin Gemmill,
of Ivyland, as its head.
Doylestown's countrywide celebra-
ton for the returned soldiers will be
held Tuesday, July 18th, and viii be
one-day event. :.
Damages to poultry by dogs have
again cost Bucks county pretty
penny. Monday the County Com
missioners passed bills aggregating
1857 for the killing of poultry by
vagrant CANNES. Five persons got
the money, two of them more than
! $3.50 between them.
William H. Fisher, of Upper Black
Eddy. a Pennsylvania Railroad EN-
ploye. was drowned in the Delaware
river, near Milford, Sunday afternoon,
in the sight of his wife and two
of his children. He had rowed across
the river with them from their home
at Upper Blacks Eddy, Pa. to gather
coal along the tracks where 1t had
been spilled from cars.
Labor got a slight boost and the
Doylestown borough treasury little
bump Monday evening at the meeting
of Town Council. Workmen on the
streets, who have been getting Is and
80 cents per hour for a 10-hour day
asked for an increase to IS cents per
hour and a 9-hour day. Council
agreed to the shorter day and pay
not exceeding 35-cents an hour in
some instances.
Commencement exercises of RE
gelsville High School, Miss Martha
Weaver, principal, will be held in
the Reformed Church, Riegelsville, on
Friday evening, May 2Sd, at s o'clock
DR.. A. C. Rothermel, of the Keystone
State Normal School, will deliver the
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