The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-08-19
LOCAL NEWS.

Friends quarterly meeting is bein
held in Mount Holly today.
A regular meeting of the Board G
Education will be held tonight.
The Holly Club will hold picnic a
Rancocas Park on Wednesday, Angus
o.
The annual fair of Union Fire Com
pany will be held on September A,
and 6.
The public library, after being CLOSED
for two weeks, was reopened yesterda.
morning.
Raymond E. Thomson and Justu
2. Deacon have resigned their position
at the Wrightstown bank.
The engagement of B. Everett Eel
ley, of Mount Holly, to Miss Isabe
Atkinson, of Burlington, has been an.
nounced.
Benjamin s. Cross, while gathering
fox grapes along the creek, last week
fell and broke several small bones In
his left wrist
A number of chickens were stoler
from the farms of Henry d. Culin and
Howard Haines, Lumberton township
on Friday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Fl. Hansell, o.
Rancocas. announce the engagement
of their daughter, Marion, to Ole O
Moen, of Mount Holly.
Township Clerk Herbert S. Killie
and wife sailed from New York, on
Saturday, on trip to England, to be
gone about two months. During Mr.
Killie's absence Harry L. Walters is
acting as township clerk.
George Worth has sold about 45C
acres of land, including considerable
cranberry land, in Washington and
Woodland townships. to John D.
Miner, of Spring Lake.
The work of remodeling the old Mil
bine property on Main street, opposite
the post Office, is proceeding rapidly
under the direction of contractor p. E.
Rnark. A modern front will be placed
on the first floor, which has been drop
ped to the street leyel. The upper
floors will be occupied as an apart
ment.
Beach Haven is to have national
bank with capital Of $4,000 and a
surplus of 5000. This was decided at
q meeting of citizens held last week,
and application for q charter has been
made to the treasury department at
Washington. The stock will be sold
at $12O per share to provide the capt.
tai and surplus.
Lewis Levinson and Harry Schwartz,
both of New York city, were arrested
and committed to Jail for burglarizing
the store Of Morris Capon, at Wrights-
town, on Thursday night. They made
big haul, but the goods were recover
ed, consisting of 10 watches, "a pocket
knives, pillow covers and number of
fancy articles.
Walter Frake narrowly escaped ser
ious injury when an automobile skid
ded on Washington street, on Friday
evening, and sideswiped him just as
he was about to cross the street. He
was knocked down but escaped injury.
The car struck the curbstone with suffi-
cent force to burst tire. Frake, who
did not notice it approaching, was in
the act of stepping off the sidewalk
when the car struck him and the curb
stone simultaneously.
The annual picnic of the Burlington
County Firemen's Association will be
held at Rancocas Park on Saturday
and will undoubtedly bring one of the
largest crowds of the season to that
popular resort. Commencing at 2
o'clock athletic sports for prizes will
take place, followed by a base ball
game and an exhibition of fire appar-
atus. Concerts will be given during
the afternoon and evening by the
Metropolitan band. Dancing will be a
big attraction and prizes are offered for
the best walters and also for the most
proficient in the one step and fox trot
Herman Krupnick has purchased a
double house at 81 and 56 White street
from Mrs. Mary E. Karg, and also the
house No IL Murrell street from the
Holeman estate. Real estate dealer
A. A. Anderson reports the following
sales; Three properties of Emma
Greenwald-42 White street, to Charles
r. Gilbert; 3S White street to Anna
Al. Haines; SO White street, to John
w. Archer 208 Rutland avenue from
William F. Elliott to Howard g. Nip
pins. 131 Shreve street from Samuel
C. Pope to William Zipperlein. Rich
ard P. Holeman estate to John w.
Archer, "a Paxson street; same to New
ton S. Sever, 80 Paxson street; same to
Eckhard w. Decher, 131 Pearl street
September 9th will be a redletter
day in the history of the Burlington
County Game Protective League,
when the organizations preserve near
Mount Holly will be formally opened
for inspection by the members. to be
followed by snapper dinner, blue
rock shoot and other attractions. The
league is composed Of nearly 600 MEM
bers, which number is to be greatly in
creased by an active campaign for new
recruits. Every lover of fish and game
should be a member and assist this
worthy organization. The farm is now
in readiness for the propagation of
game in quantities, and much Of that
work is expected to be done from now
on. The membership fee is only one
dollar. Send your name to Ellis H.
Parker, secretary.
In reply to Governor William N.
Runyon's request for definite ruling
on the subject, Attorney General
Thomas F. McCran asserted on Thurs
day that under the laws Of 1918 all
district election board members ap-
pointed last year remain in office until
September l, 1920. Because of con-
Fiction with the 1911 act, county cleo
ton boar have been uncertain as to
what course was open to them for ap-
pointing local election officials and APP
pealed to Governor Runyon to help
them out Besides establishing the
terms of office for local board members
the Attorney General goes further and
rules that district officials NAV be