The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-04-18

| repairing the Ringoes-W oodsville ma.
cadam road.
The Weiss hotel property in Elem
| ington, closed last summer when the
town voted dry, wiki be reopened as a
temperance hotel, under the manage
ment of Leroy G. Robinson, of New
York.
Not having the funds to improve
the Whitehouse Lamington road
under the Herrick act, the Reading
township committee announces its
willingness to expend $500 on i'm
provement of the road if the proper
ty owners will do the work
The new moving picture plant at
the Pennington Opera House opened
with Anna Case, a former Hunterdon
County girl, now movie star, in a
photoplay, "The Hidden Truth"
Jordon Haney, who lives on the for
mer Joseph Myers place, near Mil
ford, had to call for volunteers from
that borough to help him extinguish
a brush fire that got beyond his con-
troll few days ago. They worked
several hours to keep it from spread
ing to the surrounding properties.
Martin ], Sheridan, Jr., who recent
ly purchased the William j. Fisher
farm near Lebanon, will continue in
the peach growing business, and will
also engage extensively in poultry
raising.
At meeting of the Cemetery As
ISOLATION at Mount Pleasant, Uriah
Keephart was elected trustee in
place of James D, Hoppock, resign
ed. The trustees later elected as of
ficers: Edward f. Bloom, president;
Edward J. Duckworth, vice presi-
dent. Sylvanus Apgar, treasurer;
William B. Wean, secretary; Uriah
Keephart, superintendent; Orville
Halsey, trustee.
Postmaster William P. Fisher, of
Oldwick, has sold out all his store
goods, and now wants to sell the
store building. There is nothing but
the postoffice in it now.
The East Amwell Township pub
lie schools will hold festival on
June 3, at Unionville, and an elabor-
ate pageant, "The Gift of Nations"
will be given that day, all the schools
participating.
Howard Garrett and Miss Ella R.
McCrea were married at the brides
home near Pattenburg on Sunday.
The Paramount Y. M. C. A. will
open its clubroom, the first meet
ing after winter of inactivity, on
Saturday evening. They are plan
ming for busy season of athletic
and social events.
Peter C. Pickell, SO years old, died
on Friday last at his home near Old
wick after an illness of ten days with
pneumonia. He was prosperous
farmer and had resided there nearly
all his life.
The following Hunterdon County
hotels having been closed by local OPP
ton last year, were not granted Ii
cense at the April term of court:
Milford, Arthur Jeffries; Oldwick,
Nora B. Gano; Pennington, Fred
Toepfer, Joseph l.. Chamberlin and
Enos Weiss; Annandale, Alyah Lin
dabury; Lebanon, George L.Bondreau;
Califon, Edward B. Emery.
The Riverside Grange, at Three
Bridges, initiated sixteen new mem
bers in the third and fourth degrees
Saturday night. There was a large
attendance, aboae zoo being present,
including twenty from the Ringoes
Grange.
A mistake has been discovered in
the computation of the Pennington
tax rate, and it will only be 1886
per 500 of valuation instead of the
S3.4S, at first announced. No tax
payer is Directing to the correction
Work has begun on the road from
West Portal to the Brick Tavern
which will be completed this season
by the state. Thirty-two convicts
have been sent to the job.
Pennington has been promised an
improved train service on the Lehigh
Valleys Railroad, beginning May A
Additional morning and evening SER
vice will be given. At present the
first and Ely train out of Fleming
ton before noon leaves at S.54 a. m.