The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-06-24
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
LOCAL NEWS.

LOCAL NEWS.
Harry Hawkins, Jr., and family are
occupying their cottage at Seaside
Heights.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold M. Lippincott,
Of New York, are visiting Mount Holly
relatives.
Charles s. Colby has returned to his
pre-war position with the Union Ma
tional Bank.
st. Andrews Sunday school will
hold its annual picnic at Rancocas
Park tomorrow.
Morris X. Perinchief and Charles
LaTour have installed their families in
cottages at Seaside Park for the sum-
mer.
William, the little son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jasper Bradley, of Arney's
Mount, is recovering from an attack of
typhoid fever.
John Worth has purchased from
Abram r. Gerber the residence on
Cherry street formerly belonging to
DIR. John J. Flynn.
Announcement has been made of
the engagement of Benjamin E. Col
kilt and Miss Isabel Dorothy Deacon,
both of Mount Holly.
The residences of Harvey A. Lippin-
colt and Abraham Saltzman, on Gar
den street, have been frightened by
an application of the painters brush.
Prof. Harry v. Holloway, principal
of the Bordentown public schools, has
been elected county superintendent of
Kent county, Delaware, and will begin
work in his new field on July l.
Samuel A. Atkinson and family
spent last week at Amherst college,
where A. Thomas Atkinson was award
ed his diploma after years delay
caused by his entering the army.
John P. Lavery, who was 2 letter
carrier at the local post Office when he
enlisted in the army in the early days
Of the war, and was sent overseas al
most Immediately, was discharged at
Camp Dix last week. He will return
to his old position.
The hotelman who says If the coun-
try goes dry on July l prices of food
will be increased 25 per cent, does not
have to be reminded, we presume, that
it didn't take prohibition to make the
hostelries increase prices formerly
whenever they felt an itch for bigger
profits.
A meeting of the Burlington County
Medical Society was held at the Arcade
hotel on Wednesday, with large at
tendance. DIR. E. r. Milford, of Bur-
lingten, and II. B. Ulmer, of Moores-
town, read interesting papers, and the
members were served with fine din
ner.
Mrs. Cory, second vice president of
the State Federation of Women's
Clubs, made brief address at the last
monthly meeting of the Woman's
League for the summer, on Tuesday
afternoon. The visiting nurse reported
making sixty-one visits to seven pa
tients during the month.
The many Mount Holly friends OF
Alexander r. Gallenkamp were graft
fed last week to hear of his promotion
to the position of district superinten-
dent of the New England stores of the
Woolworth Company. Mr.. Gallen-
kamp was the first manager of the
local store, and he was transferred from
here to much larger store in the up
per part of the state. His promotion
has since been rapid.
The Board of Education announces
the election of Miss Elizabeth Wood, |
of Lewiston, Maine, as teacher of |
French and Spanish. Miss Wood is a |
graduate of Bates college. E. Arnold |
Forrest, of Spring City, Pa, gradu-
ate of Lafayette college, has been
elected instructor in mathematics, and |
director OF athletics. Grade teachers |
chosen are Miss Iva Fisher, of Mount
Holly, and Mrs. Nell b. Maurer, of |
Marlton.
Under an order issued by the Public |
Utility Commission on Saturday, the |
Merchantyille Water Company is al
lowed to increase it's rates for certain |
specified classes of service to its con-
sumers, the new rates to become effect
i've July l. The board found that the
financial condition of the company |
warranted the increases in rates grant
ed. The original petition asking for
greater increases than allowed was dis |
missed by the board.
Professor William c. Sullivan, of |
Pleasantyille, disposed OF his Mount
Holly real estate last week. rhe resi- |
dence at the corner of Buttonwood and |
Cherry streets was purchased by Lieut.. |
Floyd Prish, who had contemplated
building home on Ridgway street on
land bought from Albert G. Mayer.
Mrs. Harriet E. Bryan purchased the
other Sullivan property at 1O2 Ridgway
street, through real estate dealer Bow
ker.
Among the graduates of the Mount
Holly high school class of 1919 was
Miss Lucille Bolton, of Colorado. Miss
Bolton came to Mount Holly some
tilne ago with her father, an army
officer attached to Camp Dix, and en-
tered the local school. After her father
was transferred to another location she
remained here to finish her course of
study. Miss Bottoms friends in the
Baptist Sunday school gave her a re-
ception last week in view of her COM
ing departure for her western home.
Army transportation equipment TO
the value of $2S, 900 was lost in a fire of
mysterious origin that started with an
explosion in one-story building of
the Motor Transport Corps at Camp
Dix, on Friday morning. Six new
army ambulances with complete
equipment and two motorcycles with
sidecars were destroyed by the flames,
which. with great rapidity swept
through the structure. A thorough
investigation as to the cause is being
made. The fire guard in the area SAYS
he first heard an explosion, which
attracted him to the building. he
found fire in one end of the structure.
tried to check it with chemical extin-