The Penn's Grove record., 1919-05-16
News of Local Interest
What Is Occurring and Being
Talked About In The Borough
and Township
STOP IN PENIS GROVE
Beside The Beautiful Delaware River

beSIue Inc beautlfu I'll River
How does your garden grow? 1t
depends on how you hoe.
Fred. M. Reilly, District Organizer
OF the Owls, is organizing a Nest of
the Order in Bridgeton.
Growers of rhubarb are finding it is
a profitable crop this season, prices be-
ing much higher than usual.
The cut worms and potato bugs are
after the first feast of the farmers
crops
A few mosquitoes have appeared.
Swat the blood sucker and remove all
pools of water in which they breed.
The welcome sunshine on Monday
after a week of clouds and unusual
heavy rains brought to all good cheer
far and near.
Note the change in the Wilson Line
time table between Penns Grove, Will
mington and Philadelphia, which takes
effect tomorrow.
The Wilson Line boats carried great
crowds to Philadelphia yesterday to
see the great parade of soldiers re-
turned from overseas.
Harry S. Barber started the steam
under the boiler at his ice plant this
week and is putting things in readi-
ness to begin operations.
A notice has been posted in front of
the plant at Carneys Point that 1850
men are wanted at NICE at good
wages.
Have you received your tax notice 3?
1t is a big and new affair and for the
first time in the history of the State 1t
vas presented in May.
This is corr planting week in this
region. The heavy rains and cloudy
weather last week hindered prepare
ton of the ground.
While seeing Eden Lodge parading
the streets last Tuesday evening,
some wondered where Eve a Did
they leave her at home or were they
on the hunt of her?
William A. Sack and his wife Re-
becca, have sold the lot at the west
corner of Beach Ave. and State Street
to B. Noel Gross, agent, on which
to erect a Roman Catholic Church.
Mr.. Gilbert Waddington, who boards
in Penns Grove, is suffering from a
sprained knee the result of being
kicked by a mule on his uncle's farm
near Salem. He is convalescing rap
idly.
Injured at Fouth Street crossing on
the P. B. and w. Railroad,on Saturday
night, when run down by a shlfter
engine, William Snyder, 81 years OF
Penns Grove, N. j., died at the Del
aware hospital on Monday. His skull
was fractured.
If you have anything to give away,
the Penns Grove Record is not the
place to advertise it. People who rec
ognize values and that you can not
expect something for nothing, adver-
tise values in the Record which is read
by those who think it worth the price
The Girl Scouts are doing active
drilling daily on the St. Paul Church
lawn, having j. Broadus Mears ano
Edwin Higgins as drill-masters. They
hope there may be a big crowd at
Salem Saturday to see what the Cir
Scouts can do.
MANY who have left Penns Grove
and Carneys Point have a longing and
vearning for the good old days OF
prosperity during the war time. They
are now dreaming of the garden OF
Eden and wish to return when work
resumes on Carneys Point.
Josiah Reed, a native of Penns
Grove, who has been a forman of car
penters at Deep Water Point the past
four months, left last Saturday for
Flint. Mich, where the duPonts are
having three hundred houses erected
for workmen at the Chevrolet auto
mobile factory. He was a foreman fol-
eight months at the Old Hickory Pow
der Plant, Jacksonville, Tenn.