The Mount Holly news., 1919-12-30

Ridge Challender, of Trenton, wa
visiting relatives here on Saturday.
Joseph Galley, of Trenton, spen
Sunday with his sister, Mrs. Fred L
Owen.
William Owen, of Philadelphia
spent Christmas with his brother, Ere,
l.. Owen.
Brainard K. Johnson, of Brooklyn
is being entertained by Captain anC
Mrs. Nj E. Matlack.
, Edward b. Hulse has begun .th,
: erection of large metal canopy ovel
the entrance of the opera house.
: Mrs. John Oliver, of Hainesport. wa,
successfully operated upon for appen
dicitis at her home on Thursday.
The Western Union Telegraph Office
has been removed to it's new quarters
at the New Washington House.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilfred Carter, ol
Ded ham, Massachusetts, are visiting
Mrs. Carters parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
William H. Mason.
The next meeting of the w. C. T. U
will be held at the home of Mrs. Clay.
poole, Brainard street, next Tuesday
afternoon, at o'clock.
Mary Croshaw, .of New York city,
formerly Of Mount Holly, is visiting
relatives and friends in Mount Holly,
Moorestown and Atlantic City.
Mrs. Alice Reed Newcomb, wife of
DR.. Marcus w. Newcomb, died at her
husbands home near Browns Mills,
on Saturday morning. She had been
in poor health for some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Davis, of
Moorestown, have announced the en-
gagement of their daughter, Miss
Eleanor Thelma Davis, to George
Scott Wallace, of Warrensburg, Mis-
souri,.
The local lodge of Knights of Pyth-
las will hold special session in the
high school building on Saturday
evening, when the degree team of S3
members from Welcome Lodge, No.
70, of Paulsboro, will confer the rank
of page on over 80 candidates. All
members are requested to be present.
The borough of Barnegat City has
had plans prepared by Prof. Lewis M.
Haupt, of Cynwyd, Pa, and will erect
two jetties or bulkheads, by which it
is hoped to stop the cutting away of
the beach front. and also to reclaim
much of the land where the tide now
runs. Bids for these structures are
being asked.
A small boy named Rossell. while
coasting on Water street on Friday,
narrowly escaped death. He passed
under motor truck, and was thrown
from the sled, but escaped being struck
by the wheels. The sled was smashed.
Presence of mind and quick action by
the truck driver in steering the wheels
clear of the boy saved the lads life.
The old board of freeholders will
hold its final meeting tomorrow, to
complete unfinished business of the |
year. A part of the days programme
will be dinner at Lambs hotel for |
members of the board, county officials |
and the board of Ocean county, who |
have been invited as the guests of the
Burlington county freeholders.
Anthony Oliver, of Wrightstown,
died in hospital in Cobourg, Canada,
on Christmas day. He was taken with
pneumonia the previous Saturday.
Mr.. Oliver had gone to Cobourg with
some ponies from the Rancocas stock
farm. He had worked for the farm
owners for long time and had divid-
ed his time between Jobstown and
Cobourg. His remains were brought
to Pemberton and will be cremated
today.
1t is uncertain just the length of
time that War Camp community SER
vice activities will be continued in
Mount Holly. Therefore special pre-
parations are being made for the sol
diers' dance to be held New Years eve
at the Masonic Temple. The invita-
tions are for all men in uniform. The
c1aperones are Mrs. McClain, Mrs. w.
S. Fryer, Miss Annie Watts and Miss
Carrie ]. Kingdom. Special decora-
tions have been made and very uni
que ceremony will be held at midnight
commemorating the arrival of the
New Year.
A coasting accident that will prove
bad for little boy, occurred on Thurs
day, on Washington street. Walter
Hullings, 13 years of age, son of the
late Walter Hullings, was playing
with his sled when he collided with
the sled of another boy. The runner
of the other sled pierced one eve of l
Hullings, and DR.. Remer was compell-
ed to take three stitches in it. 1t is
thought the sight will be lost entirely
with a possibility of the other eve
being affected. The boy was taken to
a Philadelphia specialist for treat
ment.
AT meeting of the Montana State
Teachers Association, last week A. r.
Gaskill, was one of the speakers. Mr..
Gaskill is the son Of Edward b. Cas-
kill, of Mount Holly, and went west
several years ago. He is member of
the Helena typographical union and a
member of the State advisory COM
mittee on vocational education. Hell
made long address on the line of bet
terment of the trades and of the
workers in particular. Being printer
by trade he paid especial attention to
that branch for he said that probably |
no other trade takes care of its present
and future workers better or more eff
GENTLY. Then he showed why such |
extra attention to this class should be |
given and the very beneficial results /
that are sure to follow.
RurIinufOn