The Penn's Grove record., 1919-12-19
Carneys Point
News Items
Dye Makers Doings, Entertain
ments and Enjoyments

Fire occurred at the home of William
Pennington, Jr, on Adams Street, on
Monday at Ito p. NJ. Mr.. Pennington
was at the Powder Plant and Mrs.
Pennington at the Shirt Waist factory
in Penns Grove. An Swear old child
lighted an oil stove to prepare lunch
for smaller children in her care. The
fire fared up and caught the wood at
the back of the stove. The room was
soon in a blaze. The child ran out and
screamed. Mrs. Caulfield, a neighbor,
rushed in and took the small child
from the burning couch and carried il
to safety. Neighbors and the Vo1un-
teer Fire Company soon arrived and
worked hard but all down stairs was
burned, and that upstairs much dam
aged. Quartermaster C. C. McColley,
superintendent the moving of the fur
niture not burned to a home on
DuFresne Street, also their wood and
coal. Much credit is given the Quar-
termaster for his prompt favors Mr..
Pennington values his loss at $500.
Miss Alice Seminar, of Wilmington,
spent the week with Mrs. ]. A. John
son on Broadway.
dis Florence Smith, one of the
teachers of Carneys Point, is confined
to her bed with the humps.
Charles f. McCloskey, who has been
connected with the Sanitary Depart
ment for a number of years, will be-
come Assessor January LIST. This
makes him Secretary of the Board of
Health which is the Townshoip Com
mittee.
Mrs. Herbert A. Lynd spent Thursday
in Wilmington.
Mrs. Ferdinand A. Vance and daugh-
ter. Caroline. spent Saturday in Phila-
deIphia.
Mrs. W. NJ. Fiske, on Jefferson St,
spent the weekend in Camden, attend
ing the celebration of the S0th birth
day anniversary of her grandmother.
Miss Camilla Hawkins spent the
weekend in Wilmington visiting with
friends.
Mrs. A. D Work. mother of Mrs. We'll
Durham. IN Tyler Street, has been i'll
for some time
Myers C. Epstein, the new proprietor
of the DUPONT Drug Store, at Carneys
Point, was in New York over the week.
end.
Mrs. R. ]. Morris and son spent We'd
nesday in Ridley Park, Pa, visiting her
mother.
Members and friends at the "Y" were
very sorry to hear of Mr.. C. r. sitter
the Associate Sec'y at the "Y'' leaving
as he has made a host of friends here
by his c~ongenial and bright smile.
Walter Latting. of Brooklyn, is To-
lated at the "Y" as Mr.. Stitzer's sue
cessor.
Tho Mothers Club with the ''Y" will
give the kiddies of the Village a bright
Christmas. The entertainment will be
held on Sunday afternoon, December 2s,
at the "Y".
E. w. Hockenbury, general Secretary
of the "Y'' spent last week in Newark.
Mrs. ]. NJ. Sparger. at 2190 Avenue E,
has returned home after spending a
month with relatives at Mt. Airy, n. c.
While there she witnessed the mar
riage of her sister, Martha Jennings,
to John G.. Quinn.
A pretty black-eyed ~10-pound babe
arrived December Sth- Its name is
Augustus Wellin, father John yelling.
The mother, Alma, and babe are doing
finely at the home of the nurse, Mrs.
Hazel E. King. 3031 Twenty-ffth St.
Summerill Tract.
A. B. Curry and family have moved
from Elmer to Carneys Point.
The Elmer Times lays, 1T appears
now as though many tenant farmers
in South Jersey would be unable to OBJ
tain farms his year. There have been
a number of farms sold and many
changes made A farm owner in this
section whose tenant will move in the
Spring, says he had six applications for
his farm in one day.